Emmanuel Mayuka: Difference between revisions
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On 15 January 2016, Mayuka joined Egyptian club Zamalek on three-and-a-half-year deal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Official: Mayuka joins Zamalek from FC Metz | url=http://www.kingfut.com/2016/01/15/mansour-emmanuel-mayuka-joins-zamalek/ | publisher=KingFut | accessdate=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Emmanuel Mayuka quitte Metz pour le Zamalek | url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Emmanuel-mayuka-quitte-metz-pour-le-zamalek/624966 | publisher=L'Équipe | language=French | accessdate=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref> | On 15 January 2016, Mayuka joined Egyptian club Zamalek on three-and-a-half-year deal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Official: Mayuka joins Zamalek from FC Metz | url=http://www.kingfut.com/2016/01/15/mansour-emmanuel-mayuka-joins-zamalek/ | publisher=KingFut | accessdate=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Emmanuel Mayuka quitte Metz pour le Zamalek | url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Emmanuel-mayuka-quitte-metz-pour-le-zamalek/624966 | publisher=L'Équipe | language=French | accessdate=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref> | ||
==International career== | ==International career== | ||
He was part of the class of 2007 under-20s which included Fwayo Tembo, Clifford Mulenga, Sebastian Mwansa, William Njovu, Stophira Sunzu, Joseph Zimba, Rogers Kola, Jacob Banda, Nyambe Mulenga and Dennis Banda. He was the youngest player at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the only school boy in the team. Despite not scoring there, many soccer pundits and fans acknowledged his contribution to one of the finest youth squads in Zambian football history.<ref>[http://zambianfootball.blogspot.com/2008/05/renard-mayuka-has-great-potential.html ]{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> | He was part of the class of 2007 under-20s which included Fwayo Tembo, [[Clifford Mulenga]], [[Sebastian Mwansa]], [[William Njovu]], [[Stophira Sunzu]], [[Joseph Zimba]], [[Rogers Kola]], [[Jacob Banda]], [[Nyambe Mulenga]] and [[Dennis Banda]]. He was the youngest player at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the only school boy in the team. Despite not scoring there, many soccer pundits and fans acknowledged his contribution to one of the finest youth squads in Zambian football history.<ref>[http://zambianfootball.blogspot.com/2008/05/renard-mayuka-has-great-potential.html ]{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref> | ||
Mayuka was not part of the U-20s that participated earlier that year at the African Youth Cup in Congo (where Zambia finished fourth) but, in the first game against Jordan, he was picked in the starting line-up, and remained such for the other two group stage matches and the round-of-16 clash with Nigeria. | Mayuka was not part of the U-20s that participated earlier that year at the African Youth Cup in Congo (where Zambia finished fourth) but, in the first game against Jordan, he was picked in the starting line-up, and remained such for the other two group stage matches and the round-of-16 clash with Nigeria. | ||
