# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-ndhlovu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:23:11.499Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-ndhlovu"
name: "Samuel Ndhlovu"
slug: "samuel-ndhlovu"
description: "Samuel Ndhlovu was a Zambian footballer and coach. Nicknamed \"Zoom\", he led the \"Mighty\" Mufulira Wanderers to unparalleled league and cup triumphs for almost two decades. He was named Zambian Sportsman of the Year in 1964 and also served the national team as captain and coach. He is widely regarded as Zambia's best local coach."
tagline: "Zambian footballer (1937-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Samuel_Ndhlovu.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1937-09-27"
deathDate: "2001-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             4.8
  historical:           5.671022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Samuel Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%88"
    title: "سامويل ندهلوڤو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Samuel Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8E%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9D%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%83"
    title: "Семюел Ндлову"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Samuel Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Samuel Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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