Kalusha Bwalya
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"Kalusha Bwalya" is a former Zambian International footballer, footballer coach and current president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). He is Zambia's second most cap (sport)/capped player after Joseph Musonda, second all-time top goalscorer behind Godfrey Chitalu, and is regarded as the greatest Zambia national football team/Zambian footballer of all time. He was named France Football African Footballer of the Year/African Footballer of the Year in 1988 by the magazine France Football and was nominated for the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year where he was voted the 12th-best player in the world, the first to be nominated after playing the entire year for a non-European club.

His older brother Benjamin Bwalya played professional football, and his younger brother Joel Bwalya also played for the Zambia national football team. His cousin is former Cardiff City and Welsh national football team international Robert Earnshaw.

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After the World Cup I am going to stop (coaching). I think I have done the best I could. It is unfortunate that things have to come to this. People have to be realistic.

Some of the players have had too many games while others will need to work on their physical fitness, but we are making headway.

The penalty against us was the turning point of this match. After that the Guineans came back fully into the match. But we have nothing to be ashamed of because, like it was against Tunisia, they stood their ground.

After that the Guineans came back fully into the match. But we have nothing to be ashamed of because, like it was against Tunisia, my team stood their ground.

Zimbabwe are in tough group and will be taking this match seriously which is good for us.

Basically we are where we want to be in terms of our preparations, and it's now about gelling together. We've got a lot of options upfront, and I'm confident that that sooner or later we'll be playing to the best of our ability.

We didn't deserve to be beaten like that. We played well in the first half, but they were dangerous on the break. We give them credit for taking advantage of their chances.

You think you are clever, I will sort you out. You are messing around with a wrong guy.

It's difficult to swallow the defeat. We started well and took the lead, but unfortunately we couldn't sustain it or extend it. It's hard for the players, but they should be proud. In the end, this is football.