Fashion Sakala

Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club KV Oostende and the Zambia national team.

Fashion Sakala
Sakala with Spartak-2 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Junior Fashion Sakala
Date of birth (1997-03-14) March 14, 1997
Place of birth Chipata, Zambia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Oostende
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Nchanga Rangers 40 (23)
2017 Zanaco 23 (11)
2017–2018 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (10)
2018– Oostende 82 (24)
National team‡
2017 Zambia U20 10 (7)
2017– Zambia 13 (1)
2019– Zambia U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2019

Club career

In February 2017, he signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow which was expected to run to 30 June 2020. He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 23 March 2017 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[1]

On 9 July 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with the Belgian club Oostende.[2]

International

He made his debut for the senior Zambia national football team on 2 September 2017 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria and was sent off for two bookings in the 56th minute. He also featured for the Zambia u20 team that won the 2017 edition of the Afcon scoring 3 goals. Sakala then made the u20 team that featured in the world cup and were knocked out in the quarter-finals, scoring 4 goals in the tournament.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 June 2019Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ivory Coast1–01–4Friendly

References
  1. "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 23 March 2017.
  2. "NIEUWE AANVALLER: FASHION JUNIOR SAKALA" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende. 9 July 2018.
  3. "Zambia-Algeria game report". FIFA. 2 September 2017.
  4. "Fashion Sakala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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