Pearson Mwanza

Club career Born in Kitwe, Zambia, Mwanza began playing football for local side Power Dynamos' youth team when he was still a schoolboy at Ndeke A Primary School and later on went to Chamboli Secondary School in 1983 in Kitwe, where he excelled in football. He made his debut for the main team as a teenager and became a household name of Power Dynamos. He was selected in the under-20 national team and played in all the matches in which Zambia emerged the winner of the COSAFA CUP held in Malawi. He was then drafted in the senior team with the likes of Kenneth "Bubble" Malitoli and established himself as one of the regular players in the team. He later on moved to USSR and Egypt to play for CSKA Pamir Dushanbe and Al Mokawloon Al Arab. He was fondly known by most of his childhood friends and fellow footballers as Bruno Conti (nicknamed after one of the Italian footballers of the 90s).His closest friends in football circle were Kapambwe " Gentile" Mulenga; Debbie Makinka; Lios "Socrates" Makwanza; Lucky "Kumalo" Mhango; Kenneth "Bubble" Malitoli to mention but a few. He was a nature left footer and scored spectacular goals during his heyday.

On returning to Zambia, Mwanza ventured to South Africa for a brief professional career before rejoining Power Dynamos though he did not stay long there and crossed the road to Nkana F.C. in 1995 where he found a home before he decided to retire from active football. He also represented Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Death Mwanza died in Kitwe after an illness.