Godfrey "UCAR" Chitalu was a Zambian footballer who holds a record
Lionel Messi will never have. Chitalu scored and outrageous 107 goals
in all competitions in a single season- a record that is still
uninterrupted.
Why is Godfrey Chitalu's record never recognised? One million dollar question.
Godfrey "UCAR" Chitalu (October 22, 1947 – April 27, 1993) was a
Zambian footballer who is regarded as the greatest Zambian player ever
and holds the national team goal-scoring record.
Nicknamed 'Ucar', Chitalu was a forceful and often temperamental
target man who was Zambian footballer of the year a record five times
and in 1972 rewrote the record booksby scoring 107 goals in all
competitions in a single season.
Upon retirement, Chitalu took to coaching and was in charge of the
Zambia national team when the entire squad perished in a plane crash
off the coast of Gabon on April 27, 1993.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Chitalu
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