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Banda played his football for Zambia Army (now [[Green Buffaloes F.C.|Green Buffaloes]]) though he never had a great playing career. After getting his coaching badges in | Banda played his football for Zambia Army (now [[Green Buffaloes F.C.|Green Buffaloes]]) though he never had a great playing career. After getting his coaching badges in East Germany, He coached Buffaloes in the mid-70s and first took charge of Zambia with [[Freddie Mwila]] on a temporary basis after Ante Buselic’s departure, leading Zambia to the 1976 CECAFA tournament in Zanzibar where they lost to Uganda in the final. | ||
Banda filled in again as the FAZ looked for an expatriate coach and his immediate task was to steer Zambia past Uganda in a World Cup qualifier and he managed this thanks in no small part to [[Godfrey Chitalu]]’s brace in a 4-2 win on 27 February 1977 in Ndola.Mukwala, John. "Zambia tames Uganda" Times of Zambia, 28 February 1977, p. 8 And when Ted Virba was sacked in June 1977 after only two and a half months in charge, Banda was back again for a Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria in Lusaka which Zambia won 2-0 and qualified to CAN 1978 after a penalty shootout.<ref>Kalwisha, Wellington. "We’ve done it – at last!" ''Zambia Daily Mail'', 27 June 1977, p.8</ref> | Banda filled in again as the FAZ looked for an expatriate coach and his immediate task was to steer Zambia past Uganda in a World Cup qualifier and he managed this thanks in no small part to [[Godfrey Chitalu]]’s brace in a 4-2 win on 27 February 1977 in Ndola.Mukwala, John. "Zambia tames Uganda" Times of Zambia, 28 February 1977, p. 8 And when Ted Virba was sacked in June 1977 after only two and a half months in charge, Banda was back again for a Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria in Lusaka which Zambia won 2-0 and qualified to CAN 1978 after a penalty shootout.<ref>Kalwisha, Wellington. "We’ve done it – at last!" ''Zambia Daily Mail'', 27 June 1977, p.8</ref> | ||
