Rainford Kalaba

Rainford Kalaba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986
Place of birth	Kitwe, Zambia
Height
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	TP Mazembe
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Afrisports Kitwe United	26	(19)
2005–2006	Nice B	3	(0)
2006–2008	ZESCO United	29	(17)
2008–2010	Braga	0	(0)
2008–2009	→ Gil Vicente (loan)	22	(4)
2009	→ Leiria (loan)	3	(1)
2011–	TP Mazembe	88	(31)
National team‡
2005–	Zambia	94	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:35, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Rainford Kalaba (born 14 August 1986 in Kitwe) is a Zambian professional footballer who currently plays for TP Mazembe.

Career

Kalaba signed a five-year contract with Braga in April 2008.

In October 2013, due to a disagreement between their club TP Mazembe and the Zambian Football Association over international call-ups, Kalaba and two other players (Nathan Sinkala and Stoppila Sunzu) were the subject of a Zambian arrest warrant. All three players later had their passports confiscated by Zambian immigration authorities, before being pardoned by the Zambian government.

Achievements

• Primera Division de Zambia: 1

2007

• Zambian Cup: 1

2006

• Linafoot: 4

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• CAF Champions League: 1

2015

External links

• at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at L'Equipe.fr