Jack Chileshe

Jackson "Jack" Chileshe Chibwe (born 14 October 1983) is a retired Zambian football midfielder.[1] A versatile forward, Chibwe can play either as a winger or attacking midfielder / second striker. Despite his short stature, Chibwe is known to be a good header of the ball. In 2011, he was convicted of match-fixing after taking bribes to fix the outcome of eleven games.[2]

Jack Chileshe
Personal information
Full name Jackson Chileshe Chibwe
Date of birth (1983-10-14) 14 October 1983
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Lusaka Celtic F.C.
2005–2007 Zanaco F.C.
2007–2011 RoPS 86 (20)
2011–2014 Primeiro de Agosto
2015–2017 Progresso Lunda Sul
2018 Zanaco F.C.
2018–2019 Saurimo FC
International career
2006–2007 Zambia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Chibwe was one of the Zambians who came to RoPS in 2007.[3] He came along with Nchimunya Mweetwa, Chanda Mwaba, Stephen Kunda and Zeddy Saileti's younger brother Derik Saileti for a trial. The quintet consisting of (Mweetwa, Kunda, Chibwe, Mwaba) were awarded contracts with RoPS following a successful trial. Chibwe later extended it to 2012. In the 2007/08 season, Chibwe played 23 games and scored four times in the Finnish second division, Ykkönen, at the end of which RoPS won promotion to the Veikkausliiga (Finnish Premier Division).

Chibwe finished as RoPS's top goalscorer along with Saileti and Titi Essomba in the 2008/09 Veikkausliiga, scoring five goals and providing three assists. He was one of the most important players during the season which saw RoPS finish 10th in the league.[4] In autumn of 2008 he had some injury concerns, but he soon after recovered and played 24 times, scoring two goals and providing two assists in 2009. The following season, Chibwe scored nine goals and provided one assist, before succumbing to a knee injury requiring surgery, effectively ending his season.[5]

Chibwe and eight other RoPS players got sacked in the spring of 2011 due to a match fixing scandal.[6]

References
  1. Jack Chileshe at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Keskiviikko päivistä synkin".
  3. "Rovaniemen Palloseura – Pelaajatiedot – Ykkönen 2010 Chileshe Chibwe". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  4. http://www.rops.fi/component/option,com_joomleague/func,eventsStats/p,9/evid,all/Itemid,876/ (in Finnish)
  5. http://www.rops.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1959:kennedy-owusu-ansah-ropsin-viime-hetken-pelaajahankinta&catid=38:edustusjoukkue&Itemid=188 (in Finnish)
  6. "Keskiviikko päivistä synkin".
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