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Godfrey Chitalu (22 October 1947 in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia – 27 April 1993 in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Gabon) was a Zambian footballer who is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player ever as he holds his national team scoring record and was voted Zambian footballer of the year five times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1977739.stm )〕〔Chibulu, Musonda "Stars of yester-year – Solly Pandor: True Zambian Legend" ''Zambia Daily Mail,'' 14 August 2010 p.10〕 As well, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the past 50 years in 2006. Chitalu scored more than 100 goals in all competitions in 1972, more than Gerd Müller's total in 1972 and Lionel Messi's total in 2012, both of which are often referred to by journalist as "world records".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://liveweb.archive.org/http://www.fazfootball.com/content/super-league-history/ )〕 However, Zambian researchers found out they were actually 116 throughout the calendar year. This includes 15 goals in CAF competitions, 91 goals in FAZ tournaments, 5 goals in friendly games, 3 goals in the NFL Trophy and 2 goals in the NFL Benevolent Fund Match. The research was presented in the year 2012 after Lionel Messi broke the alleged world record of Gerd Müller. Nevertheless, a FIFA spokesman declared that an official FIFA world record had never existed as they did not keep track of domestic competitions. Upon retirement, Chitalu took to coaching and was in charge of the Zambia national team when the entire squad perished in a plane crash off the coast of Gabon on 27 April 1993. ==Early life== Chitalu was born in Luanshya, in the Copperbelt Province, in a tough neighbourhood called Mikomfwa where the youth got involved in various vices besides playing barefoot football. It is believed that these early experiences helped to shape his character. He studied in Mikomfwa and managed to get a place in the school team at the age of 10. Shortly afterwards, he was surprised when the Recreation Officer, Benny Evans, invited him to Fisansa Youth Club for a trial after which he started playing for the team as a center-forward. Even though competition was stiff, Chitalu got into the under-15 district team and travelled to Bulawayo with the squad in 1958 as a reserve player and also took part in boxing.〔 In 1959 he got a transfer to Kawama School in Kitwe where he switched his position to inside-left and became a regular first team player.〔 While at Kawama School, he joined the Kwacha I Community Centre team where he played at centre-forward. During his 3 years at the centre, Kwacha I remained champions in Kitwe District. Chitalu's talent was noticed by a club trainer called Tirivavi, who encouraged him to concentrate on playing football and forget about boxing so he hung up his gloves conditioned too by the fact that not many boys of his age were interested in the sport.〔 In 1962, he completed his primary education and left Kitwe. He went to stay with his elder brother in Chingola and continued his studies at Mushishima Secondary School and played for the school team at inside-left.〔 Chitalu returned to Kitwe and Kwacha I in 1964 and then joined the Kitwe United reserve team after being spotted by chairman Jethro Ngwane who was looking for young talent for his team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Godfrey Chitalu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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