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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Zambian footballer (1969–2011)}}<br />
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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Harrison Chongo<br />
| image = <br />
| full_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1969|06|05}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mufulira]], Zambia<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|5|12|1969|06|05}}<br />
| death_place = Mufulira, Zambia<br />
| height = <br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[defensive midfielder]]<br />
| youthyears1 = <br />
| youthclubs1 = <br />
| years1 = 1988–1992<br />
| clubs1 = [[Mufulira Wanderers F.C.|Mufulira Wanderers]]<br />
| years2 = 1992–2002<br />
| clubs2 = [[Al Taawon]]<br />
| caps1 = <br />
| goals1 = <br />
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1998<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 13<br />
| nationalgoals1 = <br />
}}<br />
'''Harrison "Wawa" Chongo''' (5 June 1969 – 12 May 2011) was a Zambian professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[centre-back]] or [[defensive midfielder]]. He made 13 appearances for the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Born in [[Lusaka]], Chongo began playing club football [[Mufulira Wanderers F.C.|Mufulira Wanderers]], breaking into the first team in 1989. In 1992, he joined [[Al Taawon]] Club in the [[Saudi First Division]], where he played until he retired.<ref>{{cite web|work=Lusaka Times|title=Wawa put to rest|url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/05/16/wawa-put-rest/|date=16 May 2011}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}<br />
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Chongo was included in the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]] that reached the final for the [[1994 African Nations Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=African Nations Cup 1994 – Final Tournament Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94a-det.html|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> He also played in 11 [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifying matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|93743}}</ref> and Wawa is regarded as the first Zambian footballer ever to have played professional football for Arabs for a decade in Saudi Arabia and once attended trials for two [[Premier league]] sides, [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], after assisting his Saudi-based club Al-Tawoon for winning promotion to Saudi professional league this time as champions for the first time ever in 1996–97 season, he impressed during the trials in England in 1997 despite being overpriced as their defense kingpin and the deal fell through. Nevertheless, he achieved so much and made a second coming for his childhood team Mufulira Wanderers to wrap up his playing career in 2002 as coach player and became appointed as interim coach in 2010 and helped the team survive relegation from sinking into division 2. At the start of the 2011 season he was given a go-ahead as a head coach for the first time and managed to run the eight-game unbeaten race despite death cutting short his dream for bouncing "mighty" to the super league.<br />
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==Personal==<br />
He died in May 2011 of [[malaria]]. At the time of his death he was head coach of [[Mufulira Wanderers]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gondwe|first=Kennedy|title=Zambia mourns the death of Harrison Chongo|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13390539.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 May 2011|date=13 May 2011}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{FIFA player|93743}}<br />
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{{1994 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}<br />
{{Zambia Squad 1992 Africa Cup of Nations}}<br />
{{Zambia Squad 1994 Africa Cup of Nations}}<br />
{{Zambia Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations}}<br />
{{Zambia Squad 1998 Africa Cup of Nations}}<br />
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[[Category:1969 births]]<br />
[[Category:2011 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Lusaka]]<br />
[[Category:Zambian men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Zambia men's international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Zambian expatriate men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia]]<br />
[[Category:Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia]]<br />
[[Category:1992 African Cup of Nations players]]<br />
[[Category:1994 African Cup of Nations players]]<br />
[[Category:1996 African Cup of Nations players]]<br />
[[Category:1998 African Cup of Nations players]]<br />
[[Category:Zambian football managers]]<br />
[[Category:Al Taawoun FC players]]<br />
[[Category:Saudi First Division League players]]<br />
[[Category:Saudi Pro League players]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]<br />
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