Chanka Zimba

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Chanka Zimba
Personal information
Full name Chanka Solomon Zimba[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-29) 29 December 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Zambia
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Youth career
Blackburn Rovers
2020–2021 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Cardiff City 1 (0)
2022 → Northampton Town (loan) 12 (1)
2022 → Newport County (loan) 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:32, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Chanka Solomon Zimba (born 29 December 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Cardiff City, as a striker.[2]

Early and personal life

Zimba was born in Zambia.[3]

Career

Zimba began his career with Blackburn Rovers; he was released in summer 2020, and signed with Cardiff City in September 2020.[4] He was called to the first-team for the first time in December 2020, due to injury problems and suspensions.[3] He signed a new contract with the club in August 2021.[5] He made his senior debut on 20 November 2021.[6]

Zimba moved on on loan to Northampton Town in January 2022.[7] In July 2022 he joined Newport County on loan for the 2022–23 season.[8] Zimba made his debut for Newport on 30 July 2022 in the 1–1 League Two draw against Sutton United as a second half substitute.[9] He scored his first goal for Newport on 9 August 2022 in the 3–2 EFL Cup first round win against Luton Town.[10] He was released back to his parent club by Newport on 29 December 2022.[11]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City 2021–22[6] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2022–23[12] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Northampton Town (loan) 2021–22[6] League Two 12 1 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 1
Newport County (loan) 2022–23[12] League Two 13 0 1 0 3 1 3[lower-alpha 2] 1 20 2
Career total 26 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 34 3
  1. ↑ Appearance in League Two play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References

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  2. ↑ Chanka Zimba at Soccerway
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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