{{short description|Zambian footballer and coach (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Beston Chambeshi |image = |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|4|df=y}} |birth_place = |height = 1.72 m<ref name = "SR"/> |position = Forward |currentclub = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Nkana |caps1 = |goals1 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1988 |nationalteam1 = Zambia Olympics |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |manageryears1 = 2012–2013 |managerclubs1 = Power Dynamos |manageryears2 = 2017 |managerclubs2 = Nkana |manageryears3 = 2017–2021 |managerclubs3 = Zambia U20 |manageryears4 = 2018 |managerclubs4 = Zambia (interim) |manageryears5 = 2021–2022 |managerclubs5 = Zambia }} '''Beston Chambeshi''' (born 4 April 1960) is a Zambian football coach and former player.
==Playing career== Chambeshi played club football for Nkana.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
He represented Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name = "SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/beston-chambeshi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/beston-chambeshi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Profile|accessdate=24 May 2018|publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Chambeshi coached Zambian club side Power Dynamos from 2012 to 2013.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} He became manager of the Zambian under-20 team in 2017,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and managed them at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.<ref>{{FIFA player|47495}}</ref> He combined his role with that of club side Nkana, and he won the 2017 FAZ Coach of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/12/15/beston-chambeshi-wins-2017-faz-coach-year-award/|title=Beston Chambeshi wins 2017 FAZ Coach of the Year Award|date=15 December 2018|accessdate=24 May 2018|publisher=Lusaka Times}}</ref>
In May 2018, following the resignation of Wedson Nyirenda, he was appointed interim manager of the Zambian senior team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44238651|title=Zambia national coach Wedson Nyirenda resigns|date=24 May 2018|accessdate=24 May 2018|author=Kennedy Gondwe|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He was replaced by Belgian manager Sven Vandenbroeck in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44737762|title=Zambia name Belgian Sven Vandenbroeck as new coach|date=6 July 2018|accessdate=9 July 2018|author=Kennedy Gondwe|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
In July 2021, Chambeshi was appointed manager of Zambia, replacing Milutin Sredojević.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/chambeshi-appointed-new-zambia-coach-to-replace-sredojevic/1w5u7u42dcqcm192iaq2r58ko2|title=Chambeshi appointed new Zambia coach to replace Sredojevic|date=27 July 2021|accessdate=21 November 2021|publisher=Goal}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT|69697}} * {{WorldFootball.net|beston-chambeshi}}
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