Robert Watiyakeni

Personal information
Date of birth (1969-10-18)18 October 1969
Place of birth Chingola, Zambia
Date of death 27 April 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 23)
Place of death Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Nchanga Rangers
1991–1992 Power Dynamos
1993 Dynamos
International career
1992–1993 Zambia 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Watiyakeni (18 October 1969 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[1]

Career

A centre-back,[2] Watiyakeni played professional club football in South Africa for Dynamos.[3]

Watiyakeni made several appearances for the Zambia national team and participated in the 1992 African Cup of Nations finals.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 12 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Robert Watiyakeni at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Twee gestorwenes het vir klubs in SA gespeel" [Two dead played for clubs in SA] (in Afrikaans). Die Burger Laaste. 29 April 1993. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  4. ^ Bobrowsky, Josef & Mazet, François (23 September 2002). "AFrican Nations Cup 1992". RSSSF.


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