Benjamin Bwalya

**Benjamin Bwalya Jnr** (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Agustan 1961 - ya mutu a ranar 9 ga watan Fabairun 1999), ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne kuma koci na kasar Zambiya. Bwalya ɗa ne ga mai kula da ƙwallon ƙafa Benjamin Bwalya Snr kuma ɗan'uwan tsohon ɗan wasan Zambiya mai farin jini Kalusha Bwalya. ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Joel Bwalya shima ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ne. 

Ya buga wa Mufulira Blackpool, Mufulira Wanderers da Nchanga Rangers ƙwallon ƙafa, kuma bayan ya yi ritaya ya zama kocin Konkola Blades.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Bwalya a Mufulira ga Benjamin Bwalya Sr da Elidah Bwalya kuma lokacin da dangin suka koma Ndola ya tafi Makarantar Firamare ta Kansenshi daga shekarar 1968 zuwa ta 1974. Ya yi karatunsa na sakandare a Mufulira Secondary daga shekarar 1975 kuma bayan ya kammala, ya tafi sansanin horar da masu yi wa ƙasa hidima na tilas a shekarar 1981. A cikin shekarar 1978, mahaifinsa ya yi tafiya zuwa Madagascar tare da Wanderers kuma ya sayi Bwalya takalmansa na farko na Adidas, biyu da ya adana kuma ya yi rantsuwa cewa zai ajiye kuma ya rataye a gidansa don 'ya'yansa su gani. 

## Sana'ar wasa
Bwalya ya shiga Mufulira Blackpool a shekarar 1978 inda ya kasance ƙalubalen wasa tare da sunaye kamar John Lengwe, Simon Kaushi da dan wasan da ya fi sha'awar Alex Chola. Ɗan uwansa Kalusha zai biyo baya don kallon yadda yake wasa kuma daga ƙarshe ya koma Blackpool shima. Bwalya na iya buga dukkan matsayin gaba amma ya fito a matsayin ɗan wasan dama, sabanin kaninsa mai ƙafar hagu wanda shi kaɗai ne ɗan wasan gefe. A shekara ta 1981 sun koma ƙwararrun Wanderers bisa ga umarnin mahaifinsu, wanda ke ganin sun fi dacewa da buga wasa a ƙungiyar da kamfanin da ya yi aiki ke ɗaukar nauyinsa. 

A wannan shekarar, ya yi tafiya zuwa Lubumbashi tare da Wanderers kuma sun shiga cikin wasanni biyu na abokantaka da St. Louis Lupopo da TP Mazembe . A wannan rangadi ne ya samu laqabi da ‘Boga’ bayan da ya ce bai damu da sanin me ake nufi ba amma sunan ya bazu kamar wutar daji a garin Mufulira. 

Bwalya mai hazaka ya bar Wanderers ne a shekarar 1984 zuwa ga abokan hamayyarsa na gasar Premier Nchanga Rangers da ke Chingola wanda zai buga wa wasa har zuwa shekarar 1991 bayan haka ya yi ritaya daga buga wasa kuma ya yi ritaya a takaice a matsayin daya daga cikin mataimaka a Rangers kafin ya koma Konkola Blades a shekarar 1992 a matsayin koci.

## Ƙungiyar kasa
Bwalya ya buga wa Zambiya wasa daya a wasan sada zumunci da Malawi a shekarar 1985 a Ndola inda aka tashi kunnen doki 1-1. 

Ko da yake ana yawan kiransa zuwa tawagar kasar, bai sake bugawa Zambiya ba. A watan Janairun shekarar 1987, an cire shi daga tawagar ƙasar, lamarin da ya sa ya tambayi masu zaɓar tawagar ƙasar. "Dole ne ku sami 'yan wasan baya don ci gaba da zama a cikin tawagar kasar ... wasu daga cikin 'yan wasan da ake kira tawagar kasar ba su da hazaka ko kadan." 

## Aikin koyarwa
Bayan ya yi ritaya, Bwalya ya fara horarwa kuma ya yi aiki a takaice a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mataimaka a filin wasa na Nchanga kafin ya koma makwabciyarsa Konkola Blades a matsayin mai bada horo wato koc. A ƙarƙashinsa, Blades ya ci gaba da zama mai karfi kuma ya lashe Kofin Mosi na shekarar 1998 bayan ya doke Zanaco FC 2-1 a Lusaka. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai horar da 'yan wasan ƙasa da shekaru-17 da ƙasa da shekaru-20 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mataimakan kociyan Roald Poulsen a babbar kungiyar ƙasar. An kuma nada shi mataimakin kocin Ben Bamfuchile a shekarar 1998.

## Mutuwa
A watan Janairun shekarar 1999, Bwalya ya yi tattaki tare da tawagar kasar zuwa Madagaskar don samun tikitin shiga gasar CAN. A ranar wasan ya yi rashin lafiya ya kasa buga wasan da Zambia ta ci 2-1. Lokacin da tawagar ta dawo, an kwantar da shi a Asibitin Malcolm Watson tare da zargin zazzaɓin cizon sauro a kwakwalwa a ranar 27 ga watan  Janairu. Bwalya ya rasu a asibiti a daren 9 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 1999. Rasuwar matashin kocin wanda ke zuwa cikin nasa an bayyana shi a matsayin mummunan rashi ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa. 

## Manazarta