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==Club career== | ==Club career== | ||
Lwandamina earned call-ups to the [[Copperbelt]] and Zambia Secondary Schools teams and his leadership qualities were recognized as he later became a prefect at Ndeke Secondary, where his school-mates nicknamed him "Chicken" after cock fighter Chicken George in [[Alex Haley]]'s '' | Lwandamina earned call-ups to the [[Copperbelt]] and Zambia Secondary Schools teams and his leadership qualities were recognized as he later became a prefect at Ndeke Secondary, where his school-mates nicknamed him "Chicken" after cock fighter Chicken George in [[Alex Haley]]'s ''Roots''.<ref name=chicken></ref><ref>"Lwandamina happy with Zesco’s execution of Juba job." 27 February 2016. ''Lusaka Times'', https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/02/27/lwandamina-happy-with-zescos-execution-of-juba-job/ (Retrieved 21 April 2016)</ref> With his interest in soccer re-ignited, he joined amateur side CISB where he played with [[Kenneth Malitoli]] and [[Kapambwe Mulenga]], and would visit his mother in [[Chingola]] during the school holidays, where he would feature for Chiwempala Leopards.<ref name=chicken></ref> | ||
During his final year in school in 1984, Lwandamina received a lot of offers from clubs within Kitwe but opted to join Mutondo Stars which was being coached by Fordson Kabole.<ref name=chicken></ref> The day after completing school, he went back to Mufulira and rather than join Wanderers, he chose to join their rivals [[Mufulira Blackpool F.C.|Mufulira Blackpool]] as he was keen on following [[Kalusha Bwalya]]'s route to stardom, and he was well received at John Yumba Kachofa Stadium.<ref name=chicken></ref> | During his final year in school in 1984, Lwandamina received a lot of offers from clubs within Kitwe but opted to join Mutondo Stars which was being coached by Fordson Kabole.<ref name=chicken></ref> The day after completing school, he went back to Mufulira and rather than join Wanderers, he chose to join their rivals [[Mufulira Blackpool F.C.|Mufulira Blackpool]] as he was keen on following [[Kalusha Bwalya]]'s route to stardom, and he was well received at John Yumba Kachofa Stadium.<ref name=chicken></ref> | ||
After a season at Blackpool, Lwandamina fulfilled his dream and moved to | After a season at Blackpool, Lwandamina fulfilled his dream and moved to Shinde Stadium in 1986 and though Bwalya and [[Charly Musonda|Charles Musonda]] had left to pursue professional careers in Belgium Wanderers still had a formidable team under coach [[Ackim Musenge]] with the likes of [[Ashols Melu]], [[Efford Chabala]], Philemon Mulala, Evans Mulala, Emmanuel Munaile and Lackson Manda. When Melu left to join Olympiacos in Greece, Lwandamina took over the captain’s armband and though Wanderers won a lot of cups, the league title eluded them.<ref name=chicken></ref> During his time at Wanderers, he won the [[Zambian Cup|Mosi Cup]], the [[Challenge Cup]], the Heroes and Unity trophy and the Champion of Champions Cup.<ref name=chicken></ref> | ||
He later suffered a knee injury in 1992 which hampered him for almost three years, as he had to rely on binding the knee and pain-killing injections until he was forced into retirement in 1995.<ref name=chicken></ref> | He later suffered a knee injury in 1992 which hampered him for almost three years, as he had to rely on binding the knee and pain-killing injections until he was forced into retirement in 1995.<ref name=chicken></ref> | ||
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