Rainford_Kalaba
Rainford Kalaba
Zambian footballer
Rainford Kalaba (born 14 August 1986) is a former Zambian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Linafoot club TP Mazembe.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rainford Kalaba[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Kitwe, Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Afrisports Kitwe United | 26 | (19) |
| 2005–2006 | Nice B | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | ZESCO United | ? | (23) |
| 2008–2010 | Braga | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2009 | → Leiria (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2011–2023 | TP Mazembe | 280 | (78) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005– | Zambia | 103 | (15) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:22, 6 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
Kalaba was born in Kitwe.
He signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga side Braga in April 2008.[2]
In October 2013, due to a disagreement between their club TP Mazembe and the Zambian Football Association over international call-ups, Kalaba and two other players (Nathan Sinkala and Stoppila Sunzu) were the subject of a Zambian arrest warrant.[3] All three players later had their passports confiscated by Zambian immigration authorities,[4] before being pardoned by the Zambian government.[5]
He made his 100th international appearance against Mozambique national football team in June 2017[6] but was substituted in a 1–0 defeat and was in the opinion of national team manager Wedson Nyirenda too hasty to return to the dressing room rather than watch his teammates and needed to be disciplined.[7] He was not chosen in the squads for the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Algeria national football team and Nigeria national football team in autumn 2017.[8]
International goals
ZESCO United
- Primera Division de Zambia: 2007
- Zambian Cup: 2006
TP Mazembe
- Linafoot: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013–14, 2015–16
- CAF Champions League: 2015
- CAF Super Cup: 2011, 2016
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2016
Zambia
Individual
- Zambia Super League Top scorer: 2007
- CAF Confederation Cup Top scorer: 2016
- "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
- Gondwe, Kennedy (16 April 2008). "Kalaba delighted with Braga move". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- Ian Hughes (15 October 2013). "Zambia internationals: Arrest warrants issued for trio". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- Kennedy Gondwe and Ian Hughes (19 October 2013). "Zambia confiscate Kalaba, Sinkala and Sunzu's passports". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- Kennedy Gondwe (22 October 2013). "Kalaba, Sunzu & Sinkala pardoned by Zambian government". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- "Rainford Kalaba - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "The Master's departure: End of an era – Zambia Daily Mail". www.daily-mail.co.zm. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "Kalaba, Sinkala, snubbed again as Zambia readies for Nigeria showdown - BusinessGhana News | Sports". www.businessghana.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "Kalaba, Rainford". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- "Rainford Kalaba - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- Rainford Kalaba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rainford Kalaba at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- TP Mazembe Profile
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