Fashion Sakala
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Sakala with Spartak-2 Moscow in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior Fashion Sakala | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Chipata, Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Fayha | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Nchanga Rangers | ||
| 2016–2017 | Zanaco | ||
| 2017–2018 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 35 | (10) |
| 2017–2018 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | KV Oostende | 80 | (24) |
| 2021–2023 | Rangers | 59 | (21) |
| 2023– | Al-Fayha | 60 | (27) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Zambia U20 | 10 | (7) |
| 2019 | Zambia U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | Zambia | 32 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:19, 17 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Fayha and the Zambia national team.
Sakala played for Zambian clubs Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco, winning the Zambia Super League in 2016 with the latter. He signed for Spartak Moscow in February 2017. Sakala made no first-team appearances for the club, instead appearing for Spartak-2 Moscow in the second tier of Russian football. He joined Belgian club KV Oostende in July 2018, where he scored 31 goals in 102 appearances over three seasons. He joined Rangers on a free transfer in 2021, where he won the Scottish Cup and scored 24 goals in 91 appearances.
Sakala was a member of the Zambia under-20 team that won the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. He made his senior international debut in September 2017.