Bernard Chanda
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia | ||
| Date of death | 16 May 1993 (aged 40–41) | ||
| Place of death | Zambia | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Buseko F.C. | ||
| 1969–1971 | Roan United F.C. | ||
| 1971–1973 | Mufulira Wanderers F.C. | ||
| 1974–1981 | Rokana United F.C. | ||
| 1982 | Mutondo Stars F.C. | ||
| National team | |||
| 1970–1980 | Zambia | 68 | (29) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–1984 | Mutondo Stars F.C. | ||
| 1985 | Gaborone United F.C. | ||
| 1986–1988 | Kafue Textiles F.C. | ||
| 1988–1991 | Roan United F.C. | ||
| 1991–1993 | Ndola Lime F.C. | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bernard Chanda was one of Zambia's greatest strikers and was the league top scorer three times. Nicknamed 'Bomber,' he played for three of Zambia's biggest clubs – Roan United, Mufulira Wanderers and Rokana United, and is remembered for scoring a hat-trick in the 4–2 semi-final victory over Congo at the 1974 African Cup of Nations tournament. Chanda was voted Zambian Footballer of the Year in 1974 and is fourth on the list of all-time goal scorers for Zambia in international matches behind Godfrey Chitalu, Alex Chola and Kalusha Bwalya with 29 goals.
Chanda was born in Luanshya in 1952 and first turned out for amateur side Buseko United in the mid-sixties. He went to Roan Antelope Secondary School and later joined Roan United where he burst onto the scene as Roan's top scorer in 1969 and was selected to the Zambia Schools national team. He was still a schoolboy when he was called to the national team when Zambia faced off against visiting French side RC de Strasbourg in June 1970 and was again his club's top marksman that season, finishing as one of the country's leading goal-scorers in 4th place with 43 goals behind eventual winner Sandy Kaposa of Kabwe Warriors, his clubmate Boniface Simutowe and Kitwe United's Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu.
A born goal-scorer, Chanda was a striker in the classic mould with powerful shooting and great control. When he expressed his desire to leave Roan during the 1971 season, the club suspended him for six months to ward off interest from Wanderers and Rokana until the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) moved in to pave the way for his transfer to Mufulira in August 1971 and within two months, had won his first piece of silverware when the 'Mighty' men coincidentally met Roan in the Castle Cup final at Dag Hammarskjoeld Stadium on 10 October 1971 in Ndola and prevailed 5–4 with Chanda sharing the goals with Samuel 'Zoom' Ndhlovu and Abraham Nkole who scored a hat-trick. That same month, he made his debut for Zambia a week later in a 2–0 defeat to Kenya at the same stadium, in the Peter Stuyvesant series of matches. He scored his first goal for Zambia in the next match in the series when Zambia turned the tables with a 3–1 victory in Kitwe before losing the deciding match 1–0 in Lusaka.
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