Hellings Mwakasungula

Hellings Mwakasungula (born 5 May 1980 in Lilongwe) is a Malawian footballer, who currently plays for Silver Strikers.[1]

Hellings Mwakasungula
Personal information
Full name Hellings Mwakasungula
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Silver Strikers
Youth career
Silver Strikers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Silver Strikers ? (?)
2007–2008 Moroka Swallows 9 (0)
2009 Santos Cape Town 1 (0)
2009– Silver Strikers ? (?)
National team
2005–present Malawi 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Mwakasungula was part of the Malawi national football team at 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[2] He scored a goal in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo on 9 July 2010.[3]

Football ban

In April 2019 he was one of four African former international footballers banned for life by FIFA due to "match manipulation".[4]

References

  1. "Hellings Mwakasungula". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. The Standard Bank of South Africa > AFCON > AFCON 2010 tournament Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mponda, Justice (2010-07-10). "Flames Hold Togo In Lome". Malawi Voice. Archived from the original on 2010-07-14.
  4. "Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.


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