# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalusha-bwalya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:28:14.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalusha-bwalya"
name: "Kalusha Bwalya"
slug: "kalusha-bwalya"
description: "Kalusha Bwalya is a Zambian former professional footballer. He is Zambia's eighth-most capped player and third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named African Footballer of the Year in 1988 by the magazine France Football and was nominated for the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year where he was voted the 12th-best player in the world, the first to be nominated after playing the entire year for a non-European club."
tagline: "Zambian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great_kalu_statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1963-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.16
  momentum:             9.714912280701753
  historical:           18.55350933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Kalusha-Bwalya-104360409666669"
    handle:    "Kalusha-Bwalya-104360409666669"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E9%B2%81%E6%B2%99%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E7%93%A6%E5%B0%94%E4%BA%9A"
    title: "卡鲁沙·布瓦尔亚"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كالوشا بواليا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كالوشا بواليا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "קלושה בוואליה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A4"
    title: "カルシャ・ブワルヤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0"
    title: "Бвалия, Калуша"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F"
    title: "Калуша Бвалья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalusha_Bwalya"
    title: "Kalusha Bwalya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump