Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:04:58 +0000 By GRACE CHAILE ZAMBIA national team and Zanaco defender Ziyo Tembo last evening scooped the 2016 Player of the Year award at the MTN-FAZ awards ceremony held at the Inter-Continental hotel in Lusaka. Tembo bagged the award for the first time, beating Nkana striker Walter Bwalya and Zesco United midfielder Misheck Chaila. Tembo captained Zanaco to their seventh league title and won a call-up to the national team. And Zanaco coach Mumamba Numba added another award to the club when he won the Coach of the Year, beating Nkana’s Aggrey Chiyangi and ex-Zesco trainer George Lwandamina. Numba led the bankers to the Confederation of Africa Football tournament and doubled it with winning the league title. Meanwhile, Zesco’s first choice goal keeper and skipper Jacob Banda won the Most Disciplined award, outshining Zanaco’s duo of Tembo and Aubrey Funga. After receiving massive criticism, Power Dynamos striker Patson Daka’s improved performance […]
