Evans Kangwa

Evans Kangwa
Kangwa playing for Arsenal Tula in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-09) 9 October 1992
Place of birth Kasama, Zambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal Tula
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Nkana
2014–2015 → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) 23 (4)
2015–2016 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 (11)
2016–2017 Gaziantepspor 24 (4)
2017– Arsenal Tula 26 (2)
National team‡
2011– Zambia[1] 24 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Evans Kangwa (born 9 October 1992) is a Zambian international footballer who plays for Russian club Arsenal Tula, as a left winger.

Career

Club career

Born in Kasama, Kangwa has played club football in Zambia for Nkana.[1] He scored two league goals during the 2010 season,[2] and one league goal during the 2011 season.[3] In December 2012, it was announced that Kangwa would join English club Watford on trial in January 2013.[4]

On 3 July 2014 he was loaned to Israeli club Hapoel Ra'anana[5] He made his league debut for the club on 13 September 2014 in a 4-0 home victory over Hapoel Petah Tikva. He was replaced by Mamadou Touré Thiam in the 60th minute.[6] He scored his first league goal for the club on 25 October 2014 in a 2-0 away win against Maccabi Haifa. His goal, the first of the match, came in the 13th minute.[7]

Kangwa playing for Hapoel Ra'anana in 2015.

On 1 August 2016, Kangwa transferred to Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor on a free transfer.[8] His league debut came on 21 August 2016 in a 2-0 away defeat to Gençlerbirliği. He was replaced by Alpay Koçaklı in the 58th minute.[9] His first league goal for the club came as a brace against Bursaspor on 1 October 2016. The match ended 3-2 in favor of Gaziantepspor. Kangwa started the game off with an assist on Nabil Ghilas's 31st-minute goal. He scored his first of the game in the 60th minute, with an assist from Bart van Hintum. He rounded the day off with a 79th-minute goal, assisted by substitute Daniel Larsson, that sealed the victory for his side that day.[10]

On 26 August 2017, he moved to the Russian Premier League, signing with FC Arsenal Tula.[11] He made his league debut for the club on 29 September 2017 in a 1-0 home victory over FC Krasnodar.[12] He scored his first goal in the Russian Premier League on 15 October 2017 in a 1-0 away win against Zenit. His goal, assisted by Kirill Kombarov, came in the 73rd minute.[13]

International career

Kangwa played for the Zambian under-20 side, winning the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup in 2011.[14]

Kangwa made his senior debut for Zambia in 2011,[1] and was selected for the final 23-man squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[15][16] Kangwa did not appear at the tournament, with manager Hervé Renard stating he did not want to rush the youngster.[17][18][19]

In December 2014 he was named as part of Zambia's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[20]

Honours

Nkana

Zambia

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Evans Kangwa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. ↑ "Zambia 2010". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "Zambia 2011". RSSSF.
  4. ↑ "Highly-rated Zambian striker Evans Kangwa 'honoured' to be joining Watford on trial". Watford Observer. 18 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Ra'anan Brenowski (3 July 2014). "Kangwa on loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana". Walla! sport.
  6. ↑ "Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva – 13 September 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ↑ "Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Ra'anana – 25 October 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ↑ "Transferred to Gaziantepspor - Evans Kangwa" (in Turkish).
  9. ↑ "Genclerbirligi vs. Gaziantepspor – 21 August 2016 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  10. ↑ "Gaziantepspor vs. Bursaspor – 1 October 2016 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "Evans Kangwa in Arsenal" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 26 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Arsenal Tula vs. FC Krasnodar – 29 September 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ↑ "Zenit vs. Arsenal Tula – 15 October 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ↑ Emeka Enyadike (6 January 2012). "Evans Kangwa's big Afcon dream". Supersport.com.
  15. ↑ Kennedy Gondwe (10 January 2012). "Zambia's Given Singuluma dropped for Nations Cup". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ "Teenage striker to feature for Zambia in African Cup". iZimbabwe.co.zw. 11 January 2012.
  17. ↑ "Zambia coach Herve Renard will not rush Evans Kangwa at the 2012 Afcon". Goal.com. 30 January 2012.
  18. ↑ "Renard will not rush Kangwa". Kickoff.com. 30 January 2012.
  19. ↑ "Renard considers Kangwa for Zambia". Soccerway. 30 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "Nations Cup 2015: Katongo overlooked for Zambia squad". BBC Sport. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  21. 1 2 Evans Kangwa at Soccerway


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