10 Things You Didn’t Know About Johnson Bwalya

2013

He was born on the 3rd of December 1967
Johnson is a Zambian former footballer
He played for the Zambian national team
Bwalya also represented the country at the Olympics
Born in Mufulira, Bwalya attended Kantanshi Secondary school and began his career at hometown club Butondo Western
Bwalya made his debut for Zambia in April 1987 in an All Africa Games qualifier against Malawi in Lusaka and was part of the Zambian team that qualified to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
He scored a goal in Zambia’s 4-0 win against Italy on their way to becoming the first African team to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament
After slipping past a defender, Bwalya hit a wonderful shot from nearly 35 yards that swerved and dipped just under the crossbar
In 1997, Zambia drew a World Cup qualifier with South Africa 0-0 at Independence Stadium in Lusaka amid reports of a falling out between Bwalya and Kalusha Bwalya, with Bwalya unhappy with the latter’s influence on team selection
When new coach German Burkhard Ziese took over the reins of the national team in late 1997, he accused Bwalya of having the wrong attitude by not attending a team meeting and dropped him from the team travelling to CAN 1998 where Zambia were knocked out in the group stages

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