Frederick Kashimoto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 June 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1977 | Mutende Community Centre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1993 | Mufulira Wanderers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1980–1988 | Zambia | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2001 | Muchindu Eagles | ||
| 2001–2003 | Mufulira Wanderers | ||
| 2003 | Prison Leopards | ||
| 2006 | City of Lusaka | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frederick Kashimoto (born 14 June 1957) is a Zambian coach and former footballer. A gifted midfielder who won several trophies with Mufulira Wanderers, he also represented Zambia in the 70s and 80s. Upon retirement, he coached several Zambian clubs including Wanderers.
Kashimoto was born in Mufulira where he started his soccer career at Mutende Community Centre with whom he won the Dunlop Cup organised by the Copperbelt Amateur Football Association. His performances attracted the Zambian top league champions Mufulira Wanderers who lured him to Shinde Stadium in 1977.
Due to the stiff competition in Wanderers’ midfield, Kashimoto was loaned to the Butondo Western Tigers that same year where he impressed and was quickly recalled by Wanderers and he formed a midfield partnership with Zambian international Evans Katebe. Although short of stature, Kashimoto quickly became the fulcrum of Wanderers' midfield, winning a single league title in 1978 and several cup competitions.Picking on the translation of the second part of his name in some languages, he was nicknamed 'Kashi-Fire,'
Kashimoto refused to give up his full-time job when Wanderers became one of the four clubs under Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) that turned professional in January 1990 which put him at odds with the team's management. He therefore quit Wanderers and joined lower division side Kafironda FC as he was able to train with the team after work.
Kashimoto was however enticed into coming back to play for Wanderers where he was appointed Assistant player-coach. He turned back the years to help Wanderers win the 1991 Heroes & Unity Cup and the Champion of Champions trophy in 1992. The following year, he quit playing after the Gabon air disaster.
Kashimoto made his debut for Zambia in a tournament to mark Zimbabwe's independence in April 1980. He was part of Zambia's Moscow Olympic Games squad and played in Zambia's final group game which they lost 2–1 to Venezuela.
He missed Zambia's 1981 CECAFA Cup attempt and was left out of Zambia's CAN 1982 squad but returned to the team under Bill McGarry when Zambia faced off with Sudan in a CAN qualifier in Khartoum in 1984 and lost 2–1. He impressed when Zambia thumped Uganda 3–0 in a World Cup qualifier in Ndola in July 1984.
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