Former Chipolopolo defender Nyambe Mulenga is reluctant to retire from active football despite failing to recover fully from a leg injury he suffered in a road traffic accident in 2014.
Doctors have advised that Mulenga hangs his boots due to the injury.
Zesco United have since redeployed Mulenga to Zesco Limited where he has been offered a job.
Mulenga has accepted the offer although he believes one day he would return to the pitch.
“Miracles do happen to any person. The doctor may say I cant play but you may find me running and playing football,” he told Radio Icengelo from Ndola.
“My career was not supposed to end in this manner. I am not giving up on. playing. Miracles do happen I may play again,” he said.
Mulenga admitted he misses playing football.
“I have been missing playing. I have been missing playing since I sustained the injury. I want to play but there is nothing I can do,” the ex-Forest Rangers and Power Dynamos defender said.
Mulenga added:”The club (Zesco) has helped me a lot. It is just that what has happened to me is difficulty for me to understand.”
He established his career at Forest Rangers in 2004 before joining Zesco and later had a stint at Power.
Mulenga won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Chipolopolo.
He was also a member of the George Lwandamina coached Zambia Under-20 squad that featured at the 2007 FIFA World Cup in Canada
I feel for you, but please don’t against the doctors’ advice
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Have Faith Nyambe Mulenga it is true Miracles do happen keep on praying we will be praying for you too!
Nyambe my player, I really miss this guy very displined on the field. Anyway not all is lost, many thanks to Zesco management for job offer that has been given to Nyambe.
Not against the Dr. Pls. settle for what you have now.
ITS SAD THAT THE ONLY CONCOCTION IN ZAMBIA MADE OF A LOZI AND BEMBA MAN ENDS HIS CAREER LIKE THIS, IT IS THROUGH SUCH TRIBELESS CHAPS THAT UPND CAN HAVE CHANCE TO WIN IN 2021. I WONDER WHAT JOB HE CAN DO IN ZESCO BECAUSE FOOTBALLERS CAN NEITHER READ NOR WRITE.
My Brother is a talented soccer star and He has a Master Degree in Mathematics, thaut is stereo-typing which is very back-ward kind of thinking indeed shame on you!
My Brother is a talented soccer star and He has a Master Degree in Mathematics, that is stereo-typing which is very back-ward kind of thinking indeed shame on you!
If he believes he will play soccer one day, he will definitely go back to the field and kick the ball. The same happened witgh the great Charles Musonda
We will always miss you. God is great and that accident happened for a purpose.
What kind of a job has he been offered and say footballers cant read or write,ask linos chalwe and the others.
I only hope he is able to hold a pen, most footballers I know ball pen Ni kwendo. Ask Fwayo Tembo, that’s the answer he gave when he was advised to do part time class.