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.[2]
In 2006, he signed for South African side FC AK.[3]
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.[4] He was capped once for Zimbabwe, at the 1998 COSAFA Cup.[5]
Style of play
Kapowezha mainly operated as a midfielder.[6]
Post-playing career
Kapowezha obtained a degree in sports management and a certificate in business management from the University of South Africa.[7]
After retiring from professional football, Kapowezha worked as a life skills coach.[8]
Personal life
Kapowezha was previously known as Elasto Lungu.[9][10][full citation needed]
Kapowezha obtained permanent South Africa residency, having lived in the country for over twelve years.[11] He is the father of Zimbabwean footballer Elasto Kapowezha Jr.[12]
References
- ^ "Elasto remains grateful to Copa Coca-Cola". herald.co.zw.
- ^ Elasto Kapowezha at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Kapowezha to redeem FC AK". thezimbabwean.co.
- ^ "Kapowezha ready for team management role". chronicle.co.zw.
- ^ Elasto Kapowezha at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Kapowezha bounces back". thezimbabwean.co.
- ^ "Kapowhezha calls time". thezimbabwean.co.
- ^ "Kapowezha's new role". thezimbabwean.co.
- ^ "Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (1)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Elasto Kapowezha - Soccer Laduma article (2)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Elasto ready to serve at FC AK". Kick Off.
- ^ "Kapowezha knifes coaching job". thezimbabwean.co.