Mordon Malitoli is a former Zambia international

Zambia national football team

The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...

 football defender who plays for clubs in Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

, Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...

 and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

.

Playing career

Born in Mufulira

Mufulira

Mufulira is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. It grew up in the 1930s around the site of the Mufulira Copper Mine on its north-western edge...

, Malitoli began playing club football for local side Nkana F.C.

Nkana F.C.

Nkana FC is a football club from Kitwe in Zambia. They play their home games at Scriveners Stadium or Nkana Stadium.The club was founded under the name of Rhokana United FC before it changed to Nkana Red Devils...

. In over a decade with the club, he won seven Zambian Premier League

Zambian Premier League

The Zambian Premier League, also known as Konkola Copper Mines Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Football Association of Zambia, and was created in 1962.-Member clubs 2011:*Forest Rangers...

 titles, five Zambian Cup

Zambian Cup

The Zambia Cup or Mosi Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Zambian football. It was created in 1962.From 1962 to 1965 the winners of the Northern Rhodesia Castle Cup played against the corresponding winners in Southern Rhodesia for the 'Super Castle Cup'.The winners of this trophy did not...

 titles and finished second in the 1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

Later in his career, Malitoli played in Zanzibar with Malindi F.C. and in Finland with Rovaniemen Palloseura.

Malitoli made several appearances for the senior Zambia national football team

Zambia national football team

The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...

, including six FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

 qualifying matches, and he participated in the 1994

1994 African Cup of Nations

-Group B:---------Group C:---------Group D:---------Knockout Stages:-Quarterfinals:-------------Semifinals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-Scorers:5 goals Rashidi Yekini4 goals Joël Tiéhi...

, 1996

1996 African Cup of Nations

-Group B:---------------------Group C:------------ withdrew, so their three matches were canceled.*vs. , January 16, 1996*vs. , January 19, 1996*vs...

 and 1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations , the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football . Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four...

 finals.

Personal

Malitoli was the fifth of eight children and his brother, Kenneth, is also a former Zambia international footballer.

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