John Soko
Personal information
Full name John Soko
Date of birth (1968-05-05)5 May 1968
Place of birth Zambia
Date of death 27 April 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 24)
Place of death Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Nkana Red Devils
International career
Zambia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Soko (5 May 1968 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian football player and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[1]

Career

Soko played club football for Nkana F.C. in Zambia.[2]

Soko made several appearances for the Zambia national football team and participated in the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals.

References

  1. ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 2005-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Muere la selección de Zambia" [Zambian selection dies] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 29 April 1993.

External links

Zambia squads
1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
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