Full name Pearson Mwanza Playing position Position Forward Height 1.75 m | Role Football player Date of birth 1 January 1968 Name Pearson Mwanza | |
Date of death 23 March 1997 (aged 29) Died March 23, 1997, Kitwe, Zambia | ||
Pearson Mwanza (1 January 1968 – 23 March 1997) was a Zambia international football forward.
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Career
Born in Zambia, Mwanza began playing football for local side Power Dynamos' youth team when he was still a schoolboy at Chamboli Secondary School in Kitwe, where he excelled in soccer. He made his debut for the main team as a teenager and would later move to USSR and Egypt to play for CSKA Pomir Dushanbe and Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab.
On returning to Zambia, Mwanza ventured to South Africa for a brief professional career before rejoning Dynamos though he did not stay long there and crossed the road to Nkana FC in 1995 where he found a home before briefly retiring from active soccer.
National team
Mwanza made several appearances for the Zambia national football team, often named in the starting line-up by coach Samuel 'Zoom' Ndhlovu, at the expense of Europe-based professionals. Mwanza held his own in such company and played at the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also represented Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Death
Mwanza died in Kitwe after illness.