Emment Kapengwe

Emment Kapengwe
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-04-27)27 April 1943
Place of birth Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia
Date of death 17 September 1988(1988-09-17) (aged 45)
Place of death Lusaka, Zambia
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1962 Kitwe Boma Tigers
1963 Kitwe Lions
1963–1966 Kitwe United
1967–1969 Atlanta Chiefs 48 (16)
1969–1970 Aston Villa 3 (0)
1970–1972 Kitwe United
1973 City of Lusaka
1973 Atlanta Apollos 13 (0)
1973–1976 City of Lusaka
International career
1963–1972 Zambia 42 (15)
Managerial career
1975–1976 City of Lusaka
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emment Kapengwe (27 April 1943 – 17 September 1988) was one of Zambia's leading footballers in the '60s and he represented the country at independence in October 1964. He was Kitwe United's key player and among the first Zambians to play professional football abroad when he was signed by Atlanta Chiefs in the United States of America in 1967 together with Howard Mwikuta and Freddie Mwila. Two years later, he became the first Zambian to play for English club when he moved to Aston Villa together with Mwila.