Kenny Mwape

Mirade “Kenny” Mwape (1955–2007) was a Zambian goalkeeper and coach. He was Zambia's goalkeeper at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980 and played for several Zambian clubs including Power Dynamos. Mwape's elder brother Emmanuel also played in goal for Zambia.

Playing career Mwape was born in Luanshya and he started out in Roan United's youth team in 1970, following in the footsteps of his elder brother Emmanuel Mwape who was the first choice goalkeeper at Roan and the national team. Mwape stayed at Roan for two seasons but due to limited first-team opportunities, he was loaned to Division II side Luanshya Blue Devils in 1972 but left the following year to join Mufulira Blackpool where he stayed for a season before moving to City of Lusaka.

In the 1975 soccer season, Mwape moved to Green Buffaloes where he would stay for four seasons. On 26 February 1977, in a game against Mufulira Blackpool at Kamuchanga Stadium in Mufulira, Mwape was involved in a fracas which led to a suspension and court charges for him and four team-mates Obby Kapita, Francis Kajiya, Peter Tembo and Chris Kaoma.

The riot started immediately the match ended and was caused by a disputed winning goal for Blackpool, scored from a corner kick in the last minute of the match which Buffaloes disputed as offside and as soon as the match ended, Buffaloes players surrounded the referee and kicked him around. This caused policemen to rush onto the pitch but Buffaloes players turned on them forcing the police to fire teargas and as the crowd fled, a stampede ensued. The police ran out of teargas canisters and Buffaloes players turned on the crowd, beating and kicking everyone in sight and this led to two infants, a youth, a woman and two policemen being admitted to hospital and many more fans treated for injuries. He followed in his brother's footsteps when he was called to the national team and he made his debut in April 1980 in a 2–0 win over Tanzania in a tournament to celebrate Zimbabwe's independence, and this gave the siblings a unique record . The following month, Mwape was in goal for Zambia in 1–1 draw in a friendly match against Malawi in Lusaka, with his elder brother Emmanuel on the bench as the reserve goalkeeper.

He was in goal at the 1980 Olympics where Zambia lost all their group stage matches. Later that year, he helped Dynamos retain the Independence Cup with a 2–0 victory over his former club Buffaloes. This qualified Dynamos to represent Zambia in the African Cup Winners Cup.

In October 1981, Dynamos announced that Mwape had been expelled from the club and would never play for them again. It later transpired that Mwape had been accused of taking a bribe during an African Cup Winners Cup tie against Sekondi Hasaacas of Ghana in Accra on 20 September which they lost 3–1 to bow out on a 3–2 aggregate. He was accused of letting in two easy goals and further accused of insubordination during a league fixture against Red Arrows on 13 September which Dynamos lost 2–0.

Mwape's response was "I have been playing for the national team for a long time and never have I ever let the team down. On that fateful day, I had a bad day and God is the only one that knows the truth apart from me."

Mwape died in 2007 in Gaborone after illness.