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{{short description|Zambian footballer (1964-1993)}}
{{Other uses|Chansa (disambiguation){{!}}Chansa}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Wisdom Mumba Chansa
| fullname = Wisdom Mumba Chansa
| image = 
| image_size = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1964|4|17}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|4|28|1964|4|17}}
| birth_place = [[Mufulira]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zambia]])
| death_place = [[Atlantic Ocean]], off [[Gabon]]
| height = {{height|meters=1.76}}
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = –1980
| youthclubs1 = [[Nkana F.C.|Rhokana United]]
| years1 = 1983–1985
| clubs1 = [[Nkana F.C.|Rhokana United]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1985–1989
| clubs2 = [[Power Dynamos F.C.|Power Dynamos]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1989
| clubs3 = [[CSKA Pomir Dushanbe|Pomir Dushanbe]]
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1990–1993
| clubs4 = [[Power Dynamos F.C.|Power Dynamos]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 9+
| years5 = 1993
| clubs5 = [[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]]
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1983
| nationalteam1 = [[Zambia national under-20 football team|Zambia U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| club-update = 
| nationalteam-update = 
| nationalyears2 = 1984–1993
| nationalteam2 = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 37
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| youthyears2 = 1980–1983
| youthclubs2 = [[Power Dynamos F.C.|Power Dynamos]]
}}

'''Wisdom Mumba Chansa''' (17 April 1964 &ndash; 28 April 1993) was a Zambian [[football (soccer)|football]] player who died in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|1993 air crash]] off the coast of [[Gabon]] that killed 18 players of the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]].<ref>See [http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=751974 "The night the team went down" ]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the ''Times'' South Africa (Apr 20, 2008)</ref>

==Career==
Chansa began his career with the youth team of [[Nkana F.C.|Rhokana United]], before moving to city rivals [[Power Dynamos F.C.|Power Dynamos]] in 1980 and quickly established himself in their side as an out-and-out [[Striker (association football)|striker]] before he adapted himself to a deeper lying role as second striker. Chansa became the first African, along with [[Pearson Mwanza]] and [[Derby Makinka]], to play in the [[Soviet Top League]] when they all signed for [[CSKA Pomir Dushanbe|Pomir Dushanbe]] in 1989 after being spotted during their 4–0 win over [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at the 1988 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Future looks black|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3501&Itemid=29|publisher=When Saturday Comes|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> 

Chansa's debut came on 2 October 1989 in an away match against [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], before appearing twice more, against [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]] and [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]], before leaving at the conclusion of the [[1989 Soviet Top League|1989]] season.

Chansa returned to [[Power Dynamos F.C.|Power Dynamos]] following his Soviet experience, and was made captain before Power Dynamos became the first Zambian club side to win a continental cup when they beat Nigeria's [[BCC Lions]] in the [[1991 African Cup Winners' Cup|1991]] [[African Cup Winners' Cup]] final over two legs.

In 1993, Chansa had signed for [[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]] in [[South Africa]] before his death in the plane crash that killed 18 players of the Zambia national team off the coast of Libreville, Gabon on 27 April 1993.

==International career==
Chansa made his international debut at junior level when he was instrumental in the Zambia's cup success in the regional U-20 [[COSAFA Cup]] in 1983. Chansa made his debut for [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] in 1985, was called up to the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#.C2.A0Zambia|squad]] for the [[1988 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|title=Wisdom Chansa Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/wisdom-chansa-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/wisdom-chansa-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2010-03-08}}</ref> and was a permanent feature in the Zambian side until his death.<ref name="5 February 2014">{{cite web|title=Gabon disaster: 20yrs on, Zambia still mourns|url=http://daily-mail.co.zm/blog/2013/04/28/gabon-disaster-20yrs-on-zambia-still-mourns/|publisher=Daily Mail Zambia|accessdate=5 February 2014|archive-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205105510/http://daily-mail.co.zm/blog/2013/04/28/gabon-disaster-20yrs-on-zambia-still-mourns/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===

: ''As of match played 25 April 1993''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Wisdom Mumba Chansa |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/49320/Wisdom_Mumba_Chansa.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]
|1984
|2
|0
|-
|1985
|0
|0
|-
|1986
|3
|0
|-
|1987
|1
|0
|-
|1988
|3
|0
|-
|1989
|9
|1
|-
|1990
|6
|1
|-
|1991
|4
|0
|-
|1992
|0
|0
|-
|1993
|3
|1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!37
!4
|}

: ''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chumba goal''.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of international goals scored by Wisdom Mumba Chumba
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Venue
!Cap
! scope="col" |Opponent
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Result
! scope="col" |Competition
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|1.
| style="text-align:left;" |17 January 1988
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia
|7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{fb|GHA}}
| rowspan="4" |'''1'''–0
|2–0
|[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers|1988 Summer Olympic Games qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Ghana 1988-01-17 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33486/Zambia_Ghana.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
|-
|2.
|30 July 1990
|[[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]], Gabon
|21
|{{fb|GAB}}
|1–2
|[[1990 African Cup of Nations qualification|1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabon vs. Zambia 1989-07-30 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19643/Gabon_Zambia.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
|-
|3.
|19 August 1990
|[[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia
|28
|{{fb|ESW}}
|5–0
|[[1992 African Cup of Nations qualification|1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Swaziland 1990-08-19 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/31640/Zambia_Eswatini.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
|-
|4.
|30 January 1993
|[[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia
|35
|{{fb|NAM}}
|4–0
|[[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Namibia 1993-01-30 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/19679/Zambia_Namibia.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|93780}}
* {{NFT|49320<!-- /Wisdom_Chansa -->}}

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