Lovemore ‘Rambo’ Chafunya, the former Bloemfontein Celtic, Mamelodi Sundowns and AmaZulu forward has died in Malawi after a long illness.
The 44-year-old, who ran his own his own computer business in Blantyre, had been unwell for about six months according to his brother, Chris.
Remembered for his aerial prowess, the Malawian international, came to South Africa in the mid-1980s and regularly found the back of the net for Sundowns until joining AmaZulu in 1993.
He was in the Brazilians’ side that claimed the 1986 Mainstay Cup with a 1-0 win over Jomo Cosmos and around 10 years later, after just missing the opportunity to gain access to the ‘100-goal-club’, returned to the country of his birth – well satisfied his with 90 successful strikes.
Daniel Mudau, his former captain, has paid a tribute to him, “He showed me how to run away from defenders and how to find the back of the net,” Mudau says.
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