Fashion Sakala

Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Zambia national team.

Fashion Sakala
Sakala with Spartak-2 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Junior Fashion Sakala
Date of birth (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997
Place of birth Chipata, Zambia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Nchanga Rangers 40 (23)
2016–2017 Zanaco 23 (11)
2017–2018 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
2017–2018 Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (10)
2018–2021 Oostende 80 (24)
2021– Rangers 28 (8)
National team‡
2017 Zambia U20 10 (7)
2017– Zambia 17 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:41, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Club career

Early career

In February 2017, Sakala signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow which was expected to run to 30 June 2020. He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 23 March 2017 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[1]

On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with the Belgian club Oostende.[2]

Rangers

On 4 May 2021, with his Oostende contract due to expire in the summer, Sakala signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premiership club Rangers on a four-year deal.[3] On 31 July, he made his official debut in a 3–0 win over Livingston in the league.[4] On 31 October, he scored his first hat-trick for Rangers in a 6–1 league victory over Motherwell.[5]

International career

Sakala made his debut for the senior Zambia national team on 2 September 2017 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria and was sent off for two bookings in the 56th minute. He also featured for the Zambia under-20 team that won the 2017 edition of the Afcon, scoring three goals. Sakala made the under-20 team that featured in the World Cup and were knocked out in the quarter-finals, scoring four goals in the tournament.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 April 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak-2 Moscow 2016–17 Russian Football National League 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2017–18 Russian Football National League 31 10 — — — — 31 10
Total 35 10 — — — — 35 10
KV Oostende 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 24351——9[lower-alpha 1]2386
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 28821———309
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 281310——5[lower-alpha 2]33416
Total 802482——14510231
Rangers 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 267432010[lower-alpha 3]0—4210
Career total 141411252010014517951
  1. Appearances in Belgian UEFA Europa League play-offs
  2. Appearances in Belgian Europe play-offs
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sakala goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by Fashion Sakala
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
119 June 2019Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ivory Coast1–01–4Friendly
210 October 2021National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Equatorial Guinea1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
313 November 2021National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Mauritania2–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
43–0
54–0
616 November 2021Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia1–31–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Zanaco

Zambia U20

References
  1. "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 23 March 2017.
  2. "NIEUWE AANVALLER: FASHION JUNIOR SAKALA" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende. 9 July 2018.
  3. Sked, Joel (4 May 2021). "Rangers confirm signing of pacey Fashion Sakala on four-year deal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. "Aribo returns and Sakala makes Premiership debut in Rangers win over Livingston". Goal. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. "Motherwell 1-6 Rangers". BBC Sport. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. "Zambia-Algeria game report". FIFA. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  7. "F. Sakala". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. "Fashion Sakala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  9. "FULLTIME – COSAFA U20: South Africa 1 Zambia 2 – Final". Retrieved 6 July 2021.


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