godfrey chitalu (october 22, 1947 in
luanshya,
northern rhodesia – april 27, 1993 in the
atlantic ocean, off the coast of
gabon) was a
zambian footballer who is widely regarded as the greatest
zambian player ever as he holds his
national team scoring record and was voted
zambian footballer of the year five times.[SUP]
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[6][/SUP] as well, he was selected by
caf as one of the best 200 african footballers of the past 50 years in
2006.[SUP]
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he is also famous for holding a record of 107 goals scored in the season
1972.[SUP]
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zambian researchers found out they were actually 116 throughout the calendar year.[SUP]
[9][/SUP] this includes 15 goals in
caf competitions, 91 goals in
faz tournaments, 5 goals in friendly games and 5 goals in benefit matches. Thus, the official tally stands at 106. The research was presented in the year
2012 after
lionel messi broke the alleged world record of
gerd müller. Nevertheless, a
fifa spokesman declared that an official
fifa world record had never existed as they didn't keep track of domestic competitions.[SUP]
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