World Soccer - UK (2021-10)

behindthemandunder Kawanu’s
guidancethe clubenjoyedadmirable
earlysuccess.
“Westartedintheamateur
leagues.I registeredateamand
that’show we started.Wewentthe
entireseasonunbeatenandwon
promotionall thewayto thesecond
divisionasKafueFC.I namedthe
teamafter thetownjustto getKafue

backontheZambianfootball map.”

Whenassemblingthe team,Kawanu

hadtothinkfrugally. Hisastute business

backgroundmeanthewantedtobuild

a viableand long-lastingfuture.So,

Kawanusought outKafue’sbrightest

youngtalent.

“WhenI startedKafueFC, most of

theplayerswerefromschools,they

wereallyoungsters.InitiallyI couldnot

affordolderplayers,sooverthe years

I just gotusedtodealingwith younger

players,” he explains.

Fast-forwardto 2009 and things

Founder

anddirector...

LeeKawanu

Before thisyear,onlythreeZambianshadever

playedinthePremierLeague...this summer that

numberincreasedbytwo,thankstoEnock Mwepu

andPatsonDaka,bothproductsofKafue Celtic

KafueCeltic

graduates...Dakaand

Mwepucelebrate

withlastseason’s

Austriandouble