{{short description|Zambian football defender (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kampamba Chintu | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kabwe, Zambia | height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} | currentclub = Kabwe Warriors <br /> (player-manager) | clubnumber = | position = Central defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2004 | years2 = 2001 | years3 = 2004–2007 | years4 = 2007–2008 | years5 = 2008–2010 | years6 = 2010–2012 | years7 = 2013 | years8 = 2013 | years9 = 2013– | clubs1 = Kabwe Warriors | clubs2 = → IFK Hässleholm (loan) | clubs3 = Lamontville Golden Arrows | clubs4 = Free State Stars | clubs5 = AmaZulu | clubs6 = Bidvest Wits | clubs7 = Kabwe Warriors | clubs8 = Roses United | clubs9 = Kabwe Warriors | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = 61 | caps4 = 22 | caps5 = 31 | caps6 = 20 | caps7 = | caps8 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = | goals8 = | goals9 = | nationalyears1 = 1999–2012 | nationalteam1 = Zambia | nationalcaps1 = 33<ref>{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10596/Kampamba_Chintu.html |title=Kampamba Chintu |publisher=National Football Teams |date= |accessdate=2013-11-19}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = May 7, 2016 | ntupdate = May 7, 2016 }}
'''Kampamba Chintu''' (born 28 December 1980, Kabwe) is a Zambian football defender, he is currently player-manager at Kabwe Warriors. He was a member of the Zambia national team between 1999 and 2012.
==Career== Chintu spent the first five years of his career with Zambian club Kabwe Warriors, he left the club temporarily in 2001 to join Swedish side IFK Hässleholm on loan. In 2004, Chintu agreed to move to South Africa to sign for Lamontville Golden Arrows, he scored twice in 61 appearances for Golden Arrows before leaving to move to fellow South African club Free State Stars, but Chintu appeared in just 22 appearances for the club before departing. 2008 saw him join his third team in South Africa as he signed for AmaZulu, 31 appearances followed as well as 2 goals for Chintu before he was on the move again when he joined Bidvest Wits where he participated in 20 matches before being released in August 2012.<ref name="SuperSportArticle">{{cite news|title=Warriors sad to lose Chintu|url=http://www.supersport.com/football/article.aspx?Id=2044774|accessdate=7 May 2016|work=www.supersport.com/|date=2 August 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Chintu returned to Zambia and signed for his former club Kabwe Warriors but remained with them for just six months before going back to South Africa to play for Roses United, however his spell with Roses lasted just three months as he left to go back to Kabwe as player-manager.<ref name="SuperSportArticle"/><ref name="PlayerManagerKabwe">{{cite news|title=Chipolopolo defender Chintu Kampamba appointed Kabwe Warriors player-Coach|url=http://zambianeye.com/archives/15596|accessdate=7 May 2016|work=zambianeye.com|date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601024543/http://zambianeye.com/archives/15596|archive-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours== '''National team''' ;Zambia *Africa Cup of Nations: 2012 *CAF African Youth: 1999 *FIFA World Youth Cup: 1999
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,13973_395357,00.html|title=Chintu Kampamba|publisher=Sky Sports|accessdate=2008-05-12}} *{{NFT|10596|accessdate=2008-05-12}} *{{cite news |author=Samm Audu |title=Champions Egypt qualify for quarter-finals |url=http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24122 |work=Middle East Online |date=January 31, 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-12}} {{refend}}
==External links== * {{FIFA|178575}} * [http://www.ZAMBIAFOOTBALL.com ZAMBIAFOOTBALL.com]
{{Zambia Squad 2008 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Zambia Squad 2010 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Zambia Squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chintu, Kampamba}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Zambian men's footballers Category:21st-century Zambian sportsmen Category:Zambian expatriate men's footballers Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Kabwe Warriors F.C. players Category:AmaZulu F.C. players Category:Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players Category:Free State Stars F.C. players Category:Roses United F.C. players Category:Zambia men's international footballers Category:2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Bidvest Wits F.C. players Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
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