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5 unusual facts about Brightwell Banda


Brightwell Banda

He is currently coaching Zambia’s Division I South side Young Eagles in Chipata.

He was back in the saddle again after Ted Dumitru’s abrupt departure in July 1981 and he led Zambia to a 3-2 aggregate victory over Morocco with a 2-0 second leg victory in Lusaka, a victory which sent Zambia to the 1982 CAN in Libya.

The following year, Banda became the first Zambian to sign a full-time contract as national team coach when he signed a three-year deal and he underlined this when Zambia demolished Cameroun 4-1 in Lusaka in a World Cup qualifier and went through to the next round after a 1-1 draw in Yaoundé in the second leg.

Banda was then replaced by Bill McGarry but he bounced back two years later, when he took over from Jeff Butler and led the team to their first ever CECAFA success in Uganda in December 1984.

After getting his coaching badges in East Germany, He coached Buffaloes in the mid-70s and first took charge of Zambia with Freddie Mwila on a temporary basis after Ante Buselic’s departure, leading Zambia to the 1976 CECAFA tournament in Zanzibar where they lost to Uganda in the final.



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