10 Things You Didn’t Know About James Chamanga

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  1. James Chamanga is a Zambian football striker who plays for Red Arrows.
  2. He was born on the 2nd of February 1980
  3. Chamanga scored a record-breaking five goals for Swallows in a 6–2 league win against Platinum Stars on 9 December 2007
  4. This included a hat-trick between the 20th and the 24th minute
  5. In April 2008, Chamanga moved to Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide, after he scored 14 goals in ABSA Premier League for Moroka Swallows in the previous season
  6. On 6 May 2012, Chamanga made his 100th league appearance for Dalian in a 4–1 home win against Tianjin Teda. He scored a hat-trick in this match
  7. He scored 14 goals for Liaoning Whowin in 2016 Chinese Super League, tied second on the scorers’ ranking table
  8. Chamanga made his international debut on 26 February 2005 against Botswana and five months later he scored his first international goal in the COSAFA Cup semifinal against South Africa
  9. He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals
  10. He netted Zambia’s opener against Sudan (2008 African Nations Cup) in the Chipolopolo’s 3-0 win. Chamanga also scored Zambia’s first goal at the 2006 African Nations Cup against Tunisia