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Elasto Kapowezha

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Elasto Kapowezha
Personal information
Full name Elasto Lungu Kapowezha
Date of birth (1974-07-21) 21 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Sokół Tychy 2 (0)
1996 Dyskobolia Grodzisk
1996–1997 Lech Poznań 5 (0)
1997–2000 AmaZulu
2000–2002 Ria Stars
2002–2003 Pietersburg Pillars
2003 Dynamos
2004–2005 Bidvest Wits
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elasto Lungu Kapowezha (born 21 July 1974) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early life

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Kapowezha attended Churchill High School.[1]

Club career

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He appeared in two Ekstraklasa fixtures for GKS Tychy in the 1995–96 season, and played five league games for Lech Poznań in the following campaign.[2]

In 2006, he signed for South African side FC AK.[3]

International career

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Kapowezha represented Zimbabwe internationally at youth level, where he was regarded as an important player as Zimbabwe achieved second place at the 1995 All-Africa Games.[4] He was capped once for Zimbabwe, at the 1998 COSAFA Cup.[5]

Style of play

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Kapowezha mainly operated as a midfielder.[6]

Post-playing career

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Kapowezha obtained a degree in sports management and a certificate in business management from the University of South Africa.[7]

After retiring from professional football, Kapowezha worked as a life skills coach.[8]

Personal life

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Kapowezha was previously known as Elasto Lungu.[9][10][full citation needed]

Kapowezha obtained permanent South Africa residency, having lived in the country for over twelve years.[11] He is the father of Zimbabwean footballer Elasto Kapowezha Jr.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Elasto remains grateful to Copa Coca-Cola". herald.co.zw.
  2. ^ Elasto Kapowezha at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Kapowezha to redeem FC AK". thezimbabwean.co.
  4. ^ "Kapowezha ready for team management role". chronicle.co.zw.
  5. ^ Elasto Kapowezha at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Kapowezha bounces back". thezimbabwean.co.
  7. ^ "Kapowhezha calls time". thezimbabwean.co.
  8. ^ "Kapowezha's new role". thezimbabwean.co.
  9. ^ "Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (1)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (2)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Elasto ready to serve at FC AK". Kick Off.
  12. ^ "Kapowezha knifes coaching job". thezimbabwean.co.