Andrew Sinkala
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Mutambo Sinkala | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Chingola, Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Nchanga Rangers | ||
| 1999–2001 | Bayern Munich II | 40 | (7) |
| 1999–2001 | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | 1. FC Köln | 83 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | SC Paderborn | 34 | (1) |
| 2008–2012 | FC Augsburg | 72 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Viktoria Köln | 23 | (0) |
| Total | 253 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Zambia | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Mutambo Sinkala (born 18 June 1979) is a Zambian former professional football midfielder. From 1999, he was exclusively under contract with clubs in Germany.[1]
Club career
After his retirement from professional football, Sinkala continued to play amateur football for SG Köln-Worringen in the sixth-tier Landesliga Mittelrhein.[2]
International career
Sinkala captained the Zambia U-20 national football team to both the African Youth Nations Youth World Cup in Nigeria in 1999. He also won his first senior cap in the same year against Democratic Republic of the Congo in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
He represented the Zambia national team at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Personal life
His late father, Moffat Mutambo, also played for Nchanga Rangers and the national soccer team as a defender. Sinkala's brother, Nathan Sinkala, is also a football player and has also played for Zambia.
Honours
- DFB-Ligapokal winner: 1999, 2000
References
- ^ "Andrew Sinkala". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Sinkala, Andrew". kicker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
External links
- Andrew Sinkala at WorldFootball.net
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