Elasto Kapowezha Explained
Elasto Lungu Kapowezha (born 21 July 1974) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early life
Kapowezha attended Churchill High School.[1]
Club career
He appeared in two Ekstraklasa fixtures for GKS Tychy in the 1995–96 season, and played five league games for Lech Poznań in the following campaign.
In 2006, he signed for South African side FC AK.[2]
International career
Kapowezha represented Zimbabwe internationally at youth level, where he was regarded as an important player as Zimbabwe achieved second place at the 1995 All-Africa Games.[3] He was capped once for Zimbabwe, at the 1998 COSAFA Cup.
Style of play
Kapowezha mainly operated as a midfielder.[4]
Post-playing career
Kapowezha obtained a degree in sports management and a certificate in business management from the University of South Africa.[5]
After retiring from professional football, Kapowezha worked as a life skills coach.[6]
Personal life
Kapowezha was previously known as Elasto Lungu.[7] [8]
Kapowezha obtained permanent South Africa residency, having lived in the country for over twelve years.[9] He is the father of Zimbabwean footballer Elasto Kapowezha Jr.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Elasto remains grateful to Copa Coca-Cola. herald.co.zw.
- Web site: Kapowezha to redeem FC AK. thezimbabwean.co.
- Web site: Kapowezha ready for team management role. chronicle.co.zw.
- Web site: Kapowezha bounces back. thezimbabwean.co.
- Web site: Kapowhezha calls time. thezimbabwean.co.
- Web site: Kapowezha's new role. thezimbabwean.co.
- Web site: Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (1). 8 September 2023. 5 July 2023. https://archive.today/20230705061447/https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=%E2%80%9CKhwenenyane%20used%20to%20wear%20a%20G-string.%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%9CAnecdotes%20were%20his%20thing.%E2%80%9D%0AElasto%20Kapowezha,%20a%20midfielder,%20came%20from%20Zimbabwe%20to%20join%20AmaZulu%20in%201997.%20He%20played%20for%20a%20number%20of%20clubs%20in%20his%20career,%20including%20Lech%20Poznan%20in%20Poland,%20and%20retired%20in%202012%20after%20having%20been%20on%20the%20books%20of%20FC%20AK%20in%20the%20National%20First%20Division%20for%20six%20years.%20%E2%80%9CI%20feel%20that%20I%20needed%20to%20give%20other%20players%20a%20chance.%20I%20knew%20what%20I%20wanted%20to%20do%20and%20I%20think%20it%20was%20an%20overdue%20retirement.%20I%20could%20have%20carried%20on%20for%20three%20more%20seasons,%20but%20I%20needed%20to%20make%20sure%20the%20guys%20coming%20up%20got%20an%20opportunity%20to%20play,%E2%80%9D%20he%20says.%20Hi,%20Elasto.%20Some%20of%20our%20readers%20will%20remember%20that%20you%20went%20by%20the%20name%20Elasto%20Lungu%20for%20the%20most%20part%20of%20your%20playing%20dcareer.%20Why%20the%20change%20to%20Kapowezha%3F%20Well,%20my%20father,%20who%20is%20a%20legend%20of%20Zimbabwean%20football,%20used%20%E2%80%98Lungu%E2%80%99%20as%20a%20surname;%20that%20is%20our%20middle%20name%20as%20a%20family.%20Seeing%20he%20was%20a%20famous%20footballer,%20when%20I%20started%20playing%20myself,%20I%20was%20always%20referred%20to%20as%20Ephert%20Lungu%E2%80%99s%20son%20and%20I%20started%20using%20%E2%80%98Lungu%E2%80%99.%20After%20the%20introduction%20of%20names%20on%20the%20back%20of%20jerseys,%20this%20presented%20a%20problem%20of%20sorts%20with%20some%20of%20the%20referees%20because%20my%20full%20name%20on%20my%20playing%20card,%20as%20well%20as%20on%20my%20passport%20and%20other%20documentation%20I%20used,%20was%20Elasto%20Lungu%20Kapowezha.%20Lungu,%20just%20on%20its%20own,%20raised%20the%20alarm%20bells,%20and%20the%20refs%20used%20to%20tell%20me,%20%E2%80%9CNo,%20no,%20no,%20it%20must%20be%20Kapowezha%20at%20the%20back.%E2%80%9D%20I%20think,%20eventually,%20I%20just%20had%20to%20correct%20it.%20If%20you%20go%20to%20Zimbabwe%20right%20now%20and%20you%20ask%20for%20Ephert%20Lungu,%20they%E2%80%99ll%20point%20you%20to%20my%20father,%20but%20if%20you%20say%20Ephert%20Kapowezha,%20they%20might%20say,%20%E2%80%9CWe%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20that%20person!%E2%80%9D%20Ha,%20ha.%20Okay,%20your%20first%20team%20in%20South%20Africa%20was%20AmaZulu...%20Yes,%20I%20joined%20them%20in%201997.%20I%20had%20been%20playing%20for%20Black%20Aces%20back%20home%20in%20Zimbabwe,%20a%20team%20well%20known%20for%20producing%20good%20players.%20Lawrence%20Ngubane,%20who%20had%20joined%20AmaZulu%20as%20general%20manager,%20came%20to%20watch%20the%20national%20team,%20who%20were%20playing%20a%20friendly%20game%20against%20us.%20He%20saw%20me%20playing%20and%20liked%20what%20he%20saw.%20He%20approached%20me%20after%20the%20game%20and%20said,%20%E2%80%9CLook,%20you%20need%20to%20come%20to%20Durban%20in%20a%20few%20weeks%E2%80%99%20time.%E2%80%9D%20The%20rest%20is%20history.%20I%20thought%20AmaZulu%20was%20one%20of%20the%20well-run,%20professional%20outfits%20and%20that%20is%20why%20they%20had%20the%20likes%20of%20Ngubane,%20who%20had%20come%20from%20Orlando%20Pirates,%20who%20had%20won%20the%20CAF%20Champions%20League.%20You%20could%20see%20that%20AmaZulu%20were%20trying%20to%20build%20a%20very%20good%20team,%20hence%20they%20mandated%20Ngubane%20to%20go%20out%20and%20find%20good%20players.%20Well,%20I%20wasn%E2%80%99t%20the%20only%20one%20who%20was%20selected%20on%20that%20particular%20day,%20as%20Ngubane%20was%20also%20impressed%20with%20Stewart%20Murisa%20and%20Alois%20Bunjira,%20but%20the%20latter%20instead%20joined%20Free%20State%20Stars.%20Sure.%20In%20fact,%20Murisa%20was%20my%20roommate%20in%20camp%20and%20he%20was%20always%20a%20character.%20He%20would%20just%20excite%20us%20with%20his%20jokes.%20But%20I%20also%20had%20other%20very%20good%20friends%20that%20enjoyed%20my%20compa. bot: unknown.
- Web site: Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (2). 8 September 2023. 5 July 2023. https://archive.today/20230705061504/https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=We%20were%20going%20to%20training%20and%20obviously%20the%20man%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20drive.%20We%20came%20to%20a%20little%20bit%20of%20a%20hill%20and%20the%20car%20just%20got%20stuck.%20I%20had%20to%20go%20out%20and%20try%20to%20redirect%20traffic.%20We%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20move%20away%20from%20where%20we%20were%20because%20Makua%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20get%20the%20right%20combinations%20in%20terms%20of%20changing%20gears.%20It%20was%20a%20new%20VW%20Golf%20IV%20and%20we%20never%20arrived%20at%20training!%20There%20was%20also%20Jacob%20Sakala...%20I%20think%20anyone%20who%20has%20worked%20with%20coach%20Sakala%20would%20agree%20that%20there%20is%20no%20dull%20moment%20with%20him.%20He%20would%20always%20be%20in%20a%20joyful%20mood,%20win%20or%20lose.%20His%20team%20talks%20veered%20away%20from%20football%20matters%20and%20he%20was%20a%20good%20storyteller.%20Anecdotes%20were%20his%20thing,%20that%20we%E2%80%99d%20ask%20him,%20%E2%80%9CAre%20we%20still%20going%20to%20play%20football,%20coach%3F%E2%80%9D%20At%20times,%20you%20felt%20you%20were%20going%20to%20star%20in%20a%20movie...%20Did%20you%20ever%20encounter%20muti%20in%20football%3F%0AAt%20Ria%20Stars,%20I%20remember%20there%20was%20the%20issue%20of%20a%20tie%20that%20we%20had%20to%20jump%20over%20in%20the%20change%20room.%20We%20also%20had%20to%20fit%20it%20on%20our%20ankles%20and%20knees.%20I%20didn%E2%80%99t%20understand%20what%20was%20the%20significance%20of%20this%20tie.%20At%20AmaZulu,%20it%20was%20worse.%20I%20remember%20we%20were%20going%20to%20play%20the%20semi-final%20of%20the%20Bob%20Save%20Super%20Bowl%20at%20Loftus%20Stadium.%20We%20were%20in%20camp%20and%20all%20was%20hunky-dory.%20Just%20as%20we%20finished%20our%20prayers%20and%20prepared%20for%20the%20pre-match%20meal,%20we%20saw%20this%20man%20coming%20towards%20us,%20with%20ribbons%20in%20his%20possession.%20He%20instructed%20Delamogo%20to%20tie%20them%20to%20his%20wrists%20and%20ankles.%20Delamogo,%20a%20staunch%20Christian,%20professed,%20%E2%80%9CNo,%20no,%20no,%20we%20don%E2%80%99t%20do%20such%20things%20here.%20We%20were%20praying%20just%20now.%E2%80%9D%20The%20man%20responded,%20%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m%20also%20a%20pastor.%E2%80%9D%20We%20asked%20him,%20%E2%80%9CIf%20you%20are%20a%20pastor,%20then%20why%20are%20you%20bringing%20ribbons%20that%20you%20want%20the%20goalkeeper%20to%20tie%20himself%20with%3F%E2%80%9D%20So%20those%20things%20used%20to%20happen,%20my%20brother.%20Tell%20us%20about%20your%20most%20embarrassing%20moment.%20There%E2%80%99s%20a%20match%20that%20we%20(Ria%20Stars)%20played%20against%20Orlando%20Pirates%20in%20one%20of%20the%20cup%20competitions.%20It%20was%20a%20high-scoring%20game%20and%20I%20scored%20an%20own%20goal.%20It%20was%20in%20a%20critical%20moment%20where%20the%20team%20had%20come%20back%20from%202-0%20down%20to%20make%20it%202-2.%20I%20just%20happened%20to%20turn%20where%20I%20wasn%E2%80%99t%20supposed%20to%20turn,%20in%20the%20six-yard%20box,%20and%20there%20was%20my%20compatriot%20Innocent%20Chikoya%20lurking,%20and%20he%20went%20on%20to%20score.%20It%20looked%20so%20bad!%20Even%20when%20we%20talk%20about%20the%20good%20old%20days,%20Chikoya%20always%20tells%20me,%20%E2%80%9CYou%20gave%20me%20that%20ball!%20You%20gave%20it%20to%20me!%E2%80%9D%20I%20felt%20that%20I%20had%20let%20down%20my%20teammates%20and%20it%20took%20me%20some%20time%20to%20get%20over%20that%20one.%20I%20was%20a%20very%20reliable%20player,%20but%20that%20day,%20I%20just%20lost%20it...%20I%20didn%E2%80%99t%20know%20where%20I%20was,%20ha,%20ha.%20Thanks%20for%20walking%20down%20memory%20lane%20with%20us,%20Elasto.%20Thanks.%20It%E2%80%99s%20always%20a%20pleasure,%20guys.&op=translate. bot: unknown.
- Web site: Elasto ready to serve at FC AK. Kick Off.
- Web site: Kapowezha knifes coaching job. thezimbabwean.co.
