Kennedy Mweene
Mweene Kennedy ( born December 11, 1984 in Lusaka, Zambia ) is a Zambian football player. The goalkeeper plays since August 2005 in the South African Premier Soccer League for the Free State Stars and is also active in the Zambian national team.
Club career
Mweene played for the Zambian clubs Lusaka and Kitwe United Celtic in Division One, the second division of the country. In early 2006, he was obliged by the South African club Free State Stars and played with the club in the Premier Soccer League. In his first season he was always in the root formation, but lost his job again. At the end of the season the club was relegated to the Mvela Golden League, Mweene the club but remained faithful and was permanently regular keeper.
In the following season they went 18 points clear as a table first sovereign again in the highest national league on, also you could see the Mvela Golden League Cup, a cup competition for the second division win. Also in the 2007/ 08 season was Mweene goalkeeper of Free State Stars. For his achievements in the 2008 /09 Kweene was awarded the ABSA Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season. Since early 2008 Mweene is also responsible for the penalty kicks his team as a shooter.
National team career
Kennedy Mweene came in 2004 against Malawi on his first senior international for the Zambian national team. He previously won in 2003 with the U20 national team to COSAFA U20 Cup. For a long time he remained behind Kalililo Kakonje only substitute goalkeeper, 2005, he came a year after its debut because of a violation of etatmäßgen goalkeeper to one use, while two serious mistakes and had afforded but on the bench again. After Zambia with 1:4 lost in the World Cup qualifier against Togo, Mweene returned to the gate and was able to establish for a long time. It was not until just before the African Cup of Nations 2006, he lost his place to George Kolala. In the third and final group game, he returned to the starting eleven and helped in the 1-0 victory over the country neighboring South Africa.
With the inauguration of Patrick Phiri after the African Cup of Nations, he lost his place in goal again briefly to Kolala, but got it after a few blunders of his opponents in COSAFA Cup 2006 against Botswana back. He stood in the victorious final against Angola as well on the court, as in the CECAFA Cup, than you could achieve as a guest team to win the tournament.
In the case of the following African Championships 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013reiste Mweene as goalkeeper. In the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations 2012, he gave a penalty by Asamoah Gyan, in the final he parried a penalty kick in the penalty shootout and transformed itself and therefore contributed to Zambia's first African Cup of profit. In the African Cup 2013, he met in the group match against Nigeria from the penalty spot for a 1-1 draw and then scored his first goal in the national jersey.
Achievements
- African champions: 2012