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]

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

  1. ↑ "Elasto remains grateful to Copa Coca-Cola". herald.co.zw.
  2. ↑ Elasto Kapowezha at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Kapowezha to redeem FC AK". thezimbabwean.co.
  4. ↑ "Kapowezha ready for team management role". chronicle.co.zw.
  5. ↑ Elasto Kapowezha at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Kapowezha bounces back". thezimbabwean.co.
  7. ↑ "Kapowhezha calls time". thezimbabwean.co.
  8. ↑ "Kapowezha's new role". thezimbabwean.co.
  9. ↑ "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)
  10. ↑ "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)
  11. ↑ "Elasto ready to serve at FC AK". Kick Off.
  12. ↑ "Kapowezha knifes coaching job". thezimbabwean.co.
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