Manuel Kambala

{{short description|Mozambican footballer}} {{Portuguese name|Nhanga|Kambala}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Manuel Kambala | image = | fullname = Manuel Nhanga Kambala | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Quelimane, Mozambique | height = 1.82 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Polokwane City | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2010 | clubs1 = 1º de Maio de Quelimane | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = GDR Vila Pita | years3 = 2012–2015 | clubs3 = HCB Songo | years4 = 2016–2019 | clubs4 = UD Songo | years5 = 2019–2022 | clubs5 = Baroka | caps5 = 65 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = Magesi | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = Polokwane City | caps7 = 60 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Mozambique | nationalcaps1 = 34 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 26 December 2025 | ntupdate = 4 May 2023 }}

'''Manuel Nhanga Kambala''' (born 21 August 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Kambala Biography |url=https://www.espn.in/football/player/bio/_/id/255652/manuel-kambala |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> is a Mozambican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polokwane City. South African football fans nicknamed him "THE LORD KAMBALA" for what he did in 2019/20 season in PSL, scoring an equalising goal in the last game of the season against Kaizer Chiefs, denying them the league.<ref>{{NFT player|67605|access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Kambala |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe491057/manuel-kambala/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Baloyi |first=Tshuxeko |date=2023-09-03 |title=Laduma! Viral soccer goals: Manuel "Lord" Kambala [VIDEO] |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/soccer/laduma-viral-soccer-goals-manuel-lord-kambala-video-breaking-03-september-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=The South African |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kambala, Manuel}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:People from Zambezia Province Category:Mozambican men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:UD Songo players Category:Baroka F.C. players Category:Polokwane City F.C. players Category:Magesi F.C. players Category:Moçambola players Category:South African Premier Division players Category:Mozambique men's international footballers Category:2025 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Mozambican expatriate men's footballers Category:Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Category:21st-century Mozambican sportsmen