ZambiaCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Kalusha Bwalya is a Zambian former professional footballer. He is third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named 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. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
1 appearance in recorded line-ups · 1994The archive holds 1 team sheet naming Kalusha Bwalya in Zambia's starting line-up, on 1994-04-10.
1 appearance in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
19 goals across 16 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1984–2004| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-09-04 |  Liberia | W1–0(h) | 90' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 2000-02-01 |  Senegal | D2–2(n) | 87' (pen) | African Cup of Nations | Lagos |
| 1998-02-17 |  Mozambique | W3–1(n) | 43' | African Cup of Nations | Bobo Dioulasso |
| 1996-01-24 |  Sierra Leone | W4–0(n) | 2' 9' 84'hat-trick | African Cup of Nations | Bloemfontein |
| 1996-01-20 |  Burkina Faso | W5–1(n) | 24' 35' | African Cup of Nations | Bloemfontein |
| 1994-04-06 |  Mali | W4–0(n) | 47' | African Cup of Nations | Tunis |
| 1993-09-26 | Senegal | W4–0(h) | 85' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1993-07-04 |  Morocco | W2–1(h) | 60' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1993-02-27 |  Madagascar | W3–1(h) | 65' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1993-01-20 |  Namibia | W4–0(h) | 79' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1993-01-16 |  Tanzania | W3–1(a) | 5' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Mwanza |
| 1992-01-13 |  Egypt | W1–0(n) | 61' | African Cup of Nations | Ziguinchor |
| 1989-06-25 | Morocco | W2–1(h) | 87' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1989-01-22 |  DR Congoplayed as Zaïre | W4–2(h) | 75' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Lusaka |
| 1986-03-08 |  Cameroon | L2–3(n) | 77' (pen) | African Cup of Nations | Alexandria |
| 1984-07-29 |  Uganda | W3–0(h) | 89' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Ndola |
Honours
5 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours5 | ||||
| Eredivisie | ×2 | 1990–91, 1991–92 | PSV | |
| Dutch Supercup | ×1 | 1992 | PSV | |
| KNVB Cup | ×1 | 1989–90 | PSV | |
| Zambian Challenge Cup | ×1 | 1984 | Mufulira Wanderers | |
| Individual honours6 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 1 | ||||
| Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorer | 1996 | |||
| Player of the year · 3 | ||||
| Pop Poll d'Echte Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Player of the Year | ×2 | 1986–87, 1987–88 | ||
| African Footballer of the Year | 1988 | |||
| Teams of the season · 2 | ||||
| Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament | ×2 | 1986, 1996 | ||