Fighton Simukonda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Fighton Simukonda
Occupation	Footballer
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1958(1958-02-02)
Age	66
Date Of Death	2016-02-15
Birthplace	Chingola
Country	Zambia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Fighton Simukonda Biography

Fighton Simukonda is one of the most popular and richest Footballer who was born on February 2, 1958 in Chingola, Zambia. Fighton Simukonda (2 February 1958 15 February 2016 – February 2, 1958) was a Zambian coach and former footballer. He played for the Nkana Red Devils side of the 1980s, and won five league titles. In addition, was also captain of Zambia. As as a coach, he took home many Zambian Premier League titles and was the very first head coach in history to manage the Zambian club to the group stage in the Champions League.

He was just beginning to join Nkana at the time that head manager Moses Simwala was suspended so Simukonda was in charge of the team, but he told the club’s management although he was able to handle the job, he still active and Nkana legend Stone Chibwe was recruited to take over the fort. A skilled defender who perfected the “Chitemene” system’ following the burning and slash method used in field preparation that were being cultivated in Northern Zambia, Simukonda won his first league title , with Nkana not losing a game throughout the season. They went on to win another four titles in 1983, 1985 1986, and 1988.

The suspension of Zambia for pulling out of hosting the 1988 CAN finals saw Simukonda missing another tournament and as the Olympic Games approached, the central defensive pairing of captain Simukonda and his deputy Ashols Melu came in for some criticism, particularly when Zambia were beaten 4–0 by South Korea at the President’s Cup tournament. This led to Simukonda being dropped for Zambia’s dead rubber match against the Italian U-21 side. The game against South Korea turned out to be his last game for his country so it meant missing out on another major tournament by the time the Olympic Games came round.

In the 1989 season, Nkana made it to the final of the Heroes and Unity Cup which was to be played at their home ground Nkana Stadium against Green Buffaloes on 9 July 1989. It seemed like an unfair advantage but Buffaloes were equal to the task and stunned the home side 1–0 via a late goal after Simukonda’s mistake led to Christopher Chileshe’s fierce drive which Nkana goalkeeper Dick Shonga failed to hold on to, allowing Donald Chandalala to stab the ball home. The Nkana team were so devastated by the loss of a game they had been expected to win that they collected their loser’s medals and headed straight to the dressing rooms. This was interpreted as refusing to sing the national anthem so six of them were suspended, including Simukonda.

Simukonda was a part of the national team when he made his debut in the month of October during the Olympic Games qualifier against Egypt in Lusaka that Zambia was able to win 1-0 thanks to the Peter Kaumba strike. Since then Simukonda became an integral part of the Zambian defence , and was a part of the squad that won the first-ever CECAFA Cup in Uganda in 1984 under the guidance of Brightwell Banda.

Fighton Simukonda Net Worth

Fighton Simukonda is one of the richest Footballer from Zambia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Fighton Simukonda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

With a height of over six feet tall Simukonda was a dominant presence on the defensive side and, in 1980, he was enlisted by Division I team Vitafoam United where he lined alongside players such as Ronald Mkandawire, Lackson Chanda, Michael Chabala and Boniface “Killer” Chanda. In the next campaign, Simukonda captained Vitafoam to an 1-1 Independence Cup final victory over Strike Rovers.

The year was 1982. Vitafoam the owner Abram Mokola made the decision to offer certain senior players the chance to learn coaching techniques. Simukonda was among five who were sponsored to attend an instruction course in England in the month of March. His superb defensive skills attracted the interest of Kitwe giants, who took him on shortly upon his arrival to England and Vitafoam claimed that he was in breach of the terms of his contract with them. The contract dispute prevented him from the game for almost four months, until the two teams reached an agreement on to a settlement.

He was left out of Zambia’s CAN 1986 squad but made a comeback in December 1986 when he captained the team to a 1–0 win over Angola to lift the MPLA trophy in Luanda. He continued as captain when Samuel Ndhlovu took over as coach the following year and was in the Zambian team that pulled off a 2–1 aggregate win over Ghana to qualify to the Seoul Olympic Games.

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Two months later, Simukonda moved to Konkola Blades in Chililabombwe, whose coach Benjamin Bwalya had died in February, and transformed the border-town outfit into the most exciting team in the league. In June 2000, Zambia coach Jan Brouwer watched Blades knock Nchanga Rangers out of the BP Top 8 semi- final, 1–0, and immediately called for Simukonda’s services, saying the kind of game Blades had exhibited was the type of play that was expected of the national team and he regretted that the national team’s performance was a far cry from Blades’ superiority.

Facts & Trivia

Fighton Ranked on the list of most popular Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Zambia. Fighton Simukonda celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.

Simukonda won back-to-back league titles at Zanaco in 2005–06 and won the coach of the year award in the process but when Zanaco failed to win a third successive premier league title, the club dispensed of Simukonda’s services but City of Lusaka hired him in 2007. He served as assistant coach to Patrick Phiri at CAN 2008 though he moved to Lusaka Dynamos and laid down the ghosts of the 2000 final when he won the club its first ever trophy, the BP Top 8 Cup in 2008 with a 1–0 win over ZESCO United, the team which he joined in January 2009 and became the first coach to lead a Zambian club to the group stages of the CAF Champions League after a come-from behind 2–1 victory over Malian club Djoliba in Ndola after a goalless draw in the first leg. At the end of the season, he was rewarded with the Coach of the Year award.