Kelvin Mutale

{{short description|Zambian footballer (1969-1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kelvin Mutale | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Kelvin Mutale | birth_date = {{birth date|1969|9|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Zambia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1993|4|27|1969|9|20}} | death_place = Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon | height = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1988–1992 | clubs1 = Nkana Red Devils | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = Al-Ettifaq | caps2 = | goals2 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1991–1993 | nationalteam1 = Zambia | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 12 | medaltemplates = }} '''Kelvin Mutale''' (20 September 1969 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.<ref>[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112054552/http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 |date=2005-01-12 }}</ref>

==Career== Mutale played club football for NCZ F.C. in kafue before joining Nkana F.C. in Zambia<ref>{{cite web|author=Garin, Erik|title=IFFHS' World's Best Goal Scorer of the Year 1997-2006|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-scor.html|date=2 August 2007}}</ref> and Ettifaq FC in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|work=El Mundo Deportivo|title=Muere la selección de Zambia|trans-title=Zambian selection dies|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1993/04/29/MD19930429-026.pdf|language=Spanish|date=29 April 1993}}</ref>

Mutale made several appearances for the Zambia national football team, including four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

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==External links== *{{FIFA player|93728}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutale, Kelvin}} Category:1969 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Zambian men's footballers Category:Zambian expatriate men's footballers Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Category:Zambia men's international footballers Category:Nkana F.C. players Category:Al-Ettifaq Club players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Category:Saudi Pro League players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash