James Chamanga (born 2 February 1980) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Chamanga's goal against the South Africa national team earned him his first move abroad as the then South African Premier Soccer League side Bush Bucks signed him in 2005. After Bush Bucks were relegated in 2006, he signed with Supersport United where he was the club's top goalscorer for the 2006–07 season.
Chamanga scored a record-breaking five goals for Swallows in a 6–2 league win against Platinum Stars on 9 December 2007. This included a hat-trick between the 20th and the 24th minute.
In April 2008, Chamanga moved to Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide, after he scored 14 goals in ABSA Premier League for Moroka Swallows in the previous season.
On 6 May 2012, Chamanga made his 100th league appearance for Dalian in a 4–1 home win against Tianjin Teda. He scored a hat-trick in this match.
He scored 14 goals for Liaoning Whowin in 2016 Chinese Super League, tied second on the scorers' ranking table. He renewed his contract with Liaoning Whowin until 2018.
Chamanga suffered serious shoulder injuriy and fractured ribs when challenging for a header during the match against Guizhou Hengfeng on 8 July 2017, but he recovered and decided to stay with team after its relegation to the China League One.
On 6 July 2018, Liaoning Whowin announced that Chamanga would no longer playing for the team, but would participate in team management instead, indicating his retirement.
At the end of March 2019, Chamanga came out of retirement and signed a three-month contract with Red Arrows in Zambia.Red Arrows Sign James Chamanga On 3months Deal, zambianfootballnews.com, 27 March 2019
International career Chamanga made his international debut on 26 February 2005 against Botswana and five months later he scored his first international goal in the COSAFA Cup semifinal against South Africa.
He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He netted Zambia's opener against Sudan (2008 African Nations Cup) in the Chipolopolo's 3–0 win. Chamanga also scored Zambia's first goal at the 2006 African Nations Cup against Tunisia.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsZanaco (loan)2005Zambian Premier League271000——2710Bush Bucks2005–06South African Premiership24700——238SuperSport United2006–07South African Premiership23800——238Moroka Swallows2007–08South African Premiership211400——2114Dalian Shide2008Chinese Super League184———1842009Chinese Super League255———2552010Chinese Super League289———2892011Chinese Super League22200——2222012Chinese Super League281000——2810Total1213000——12130Liaoning Whowin2013Chinese Super League25920——2792014Chinese Super League231100——23112015Chinese Super League6200——622016Chinese Super League281400——28142017Chinese Super League14500——1452018China League One6000——60Total1024120——10441Red Arrows2019–20Zambia Super League———1842020–21Zambia Super League———512020–21Zambia Super League———512021–22Zambia Super League—51—512022–23Zambia Super League—10—102023–24Zambia Super League———102024–25Zambia Super League—20—10Total—81—81Career total318110208100328111
International + Appearances and goals by national team and year National teamYearAppsGoalsZambia2005312006832007402008101200966201073201152201291201340201410201510Total5817
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chamanga goal.
+ List of international goals scored by James ChamangaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 13 August 2005 Mafikeng, South Africa 1–0 2–2 (9–8 p) 2005 COSAFA Cup2 22 January 2006 Alexandria, Egypt 1–0 1–4 2006 Africa Cup of Nations3 23 July 2006 Windhoek, Namibia 1–0 2–0 2006 COSAFA Cup4 3 September 2006 N'Djamena, Chad 1–0 2–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification5 22 January 2008 Kumasi, Ghana 1–0 3–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations6 21 November 2009 Lusaka, Zambia 1–0 4–1 Friendly7 2–08 3–09 21 January 2010 Benguela, Angola 2–0 2–1 2010 Africa Cup of Nations10 5 September 2010 Chililabombwe, Zambia 3–0 4–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification11 27 March 2011 Maputo, Mozambique 1–0 2–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification12 4 February 2012 Bata, Equatorial Guinea 3–0 3–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Honours Zambia Africa Cup of Nations: 2012
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