Ben Bamfuchile

Ben "Big Ben" Bamfuchile (* 1960, † December 27, 2007 in Kitwe ) was a Zambian footballer and coach.

Ben Bamfuchile began his football career in 1977 as a player at Nkana FC and has received several national champion. Since the late 1980s, he was an assistant coach at the club. In 1993 he took over as coach of Moses Simwala. In 1994 he was Cotrainer the Zambian national team in winning the silver medal at the African Cup. In 1996 he won with his team the Cup in Swaziland. This is followed by a short exposure to Amazulu joined in South Africa. He was coach of the U23 national team of Zambia in 1999 and led them to the finals of the African Cup of Nations, where it was lost to Cameroon.

Bamfuchile led Zambia 2000 African Cup of Nations 2000 in Ghana and Nigeria, left with his team, however, as a group, third behind Egypt and Senegal and in Burkina Faso after two draws and only one defeat against Egypt. From January 2001 to December 2003 was responsible Bamfuchile the Zambian club Power Dynamos and won in 2001 and 2003 with the team the trophy ( " Mosi Cup "). Then he trained his home club Nkana FC. Since June 5, 2006, he oversaw the Namibian national team and led them only the second time in a European Championship. Only shortly before the tournament Bamfuchile died after a brief serious illness that has made ​​him to pursue his work several months impossible and would have ended at the end of the collaboration with the Association. He left a wife and six children.