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Africa: Zambia Africa Cup of Nations Profile

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Zambia had been shock winners in 2012 and are actually looking for a second star within the Africa Cup of Nations finals which might be being held within the Ivory Coast.

Earlier appearances in finals: (17) 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015

Finest efficiency: Winners 2012

Drawn in Group F with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco and Zambia.

Coach: Avram Grant

The previous Chelsea supervisor has been to 2 earlier Cup of Nations finals with Ghana in 2015 and 2017. He was appointed Ghana’s coach just some weeks earlier than the 2015 version and celebrated his sixtieth birthday on the event by taking the facet to the ultimate, the place they narrowly misplaced on penalties to the Ivory Coast. He give up after Ghana reached the semi-finals in 2017 however has returned to African soccer with Zambia. Grant, now 68, had 4 years as coach of his native Israel’s nationwide staff earlier than shifting to Chelsea, the place his facet misplaced on post-match penalties to Manchester United within the 2007 Champions League last.

Key participant: Patson Daka. Age: 25. Ahead.

It has not been a satisfying season for Daka regardless of Leicester Metropolis main the Championship however after lacking a lot of the marketing campaign, he has damaged again into the line-up and scored 4 league objectives in December. He had additionally netted 3 times for Zambia of their World Cup qualifiers towards Congo and Niger and appears to be again to type on the proper time. Daka was a outstanding member of the Zambia facet that received the African under-20 title in 2017 by which era he had already been signed by Austria Salzburg.