Isaac Chansa

Isaac Chansa (born 23 March 1984) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Forest Rangers.

For other uses, see Chansa.

Isaac Chansa
Personal information
Full name Isaac Chansa
Date of birth (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984
Place of birth Kitwe, Zambia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Forest Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2002 Chambishi
2002–2004 Power Dynamos 45 (16)
2004–2007 Orlando Pirates 43 (7)
2007–2009 Helsingborgs IF 40 (4)
2010–2012 Orlando Pirates 44 (12)
2012 Henan Jianye 15 (2)
2013–2014 Zanaco 25 (5)
2014–2015 Shillong Lajong 0 (0)
2014 → NorthEast United FC (loan) 8 (0)
2015 Mitra Kukar
2015–2017 Zanaco
2017–2019 Zakho 5 (0)
2019– Forest Rangers
National team‡
2004– Zambia 69 (3[1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:54, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:54, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Chansa was born in Kitwe. From 2004 to 2007, he played for South African club Orlando Pirates and joined Swedish team Helsingborgs IF for the 2007–08 season to team up with former South Africa coach Stuart Baxter.[2] In late 2006, while still playing for Pirates, Chansa was banned by the PSL for three months (nine suspended) after he was found guilty of assaulting an assistant referee during Pirates’ clash against Jomo Cosmos. After the end of his contract in Sweden with Helsingborgs IF he returned on 1 February 2010 to his former club Orlando Pirates.[3] He signed a pre-contract with Pirates' Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs to join the club in July 2012.

In June 2012, Orlando Pirates confirmed that he moved to Chinese club Henan Jianye F.C. for a transfer fee of 700,000 US Dollars.[4]

International career

Chansa was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Chansa won the African Cup of Nations with Zambia on 12 February 2012.

International goals
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 May 2004Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Zimbabwe1–01–1Friendly
2.9 February 2011Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Swaziland Swaziland3–04–0Friendly
3.19 January 2016Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda Zimbabwe1–01–02016 African Nations Championship

Honours

Zambia

References
  1. Isaac Chansa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. (in Swedish) Helsingborgs IF team profile Archived 5 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Isaac Chansa wary of Kaizer Chiefs". Kick Off. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. "Orlando Pirates Isaac Chansa transferred to China". Kick Off. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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