Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #549
Appearances:
1
Starts:
1
Goals:
0
Seasons:
1
Source: 1967-68 Atlanta Chiefs Team Portrait.
Source: 1967-68 Atlanta Chiefs Team Portrait.
Fred Mwila
Position
Midfielder
From
1969-70
To
1969-70
IMAGE CREDIT
Frederick Mwila
Birth Date
Saturday, 6 July 1946
Birth Place
Kasama
Birth Country
Zambia
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Atlanta Chiefs
From
For
Free
On
Monday, 1 September 1969
Previous Clubs
1964-66 Rhokana United, Zambia |
1967-69 Atlanta Chiefs, NASL |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Atlanta Chiefs
For
Free
On
July 1970
Subsequent Clubs
1970 Rhokana United, Zambia |
1971 Atlanta Chiefs, NASL |
1971-73 Rhokana United, Zambia |
1973 Atlanta Apollos, NASL |
1973-77 Ndola United, Zambia |
Source: 1967-68 Atlanta Chiefs Team Portrait.
Source: 1967-68 Atlanta Chiefs Team Portrait.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1969 Aston Villa, Free, 1 (0) | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Tommy Docherty |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 15 November 1969
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 15 November 1969
Blackpool (h), Division Two
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 15 November 1969
Blackpool (h), Division Two
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 15 November 1969
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Zambia
Fred Mwila
Player #549 for Aston Villa, Frederick Mwila known as Freddie Mwila played as a midfielder for the club in 1969-70 making 1 appearances.
Freddie was born in Kasama, Zambia on 6 July 1946 and he made his sole appearance for Villa on Saturday, 15 November 1969 aged 23.
Tommy Docherty had signed Freddie from Atlanta Chiefs in a combined deal with fellow Zambian Emment Kapengwe becoming the first African players to sign for the club.
Docherty had spotted the pair in a pre-season friendly and immediately moved to sign them up despite the huge step up in football from the NASL to the second tier in England.
Mwila immediately struggled as did Docherty and to add insult to injury as he led Villa to the third tier, the failed former Villa boss Docherty was alleged to have enticed both Mwila and his compatriot Kapengwe away from the Villa following his sacking saying “Look, I am going away elsewhere but if you want to stay, you are at liberty to do so.”
Both left Villa at the end of the season mid-way through their two-year deals and returned to Zambian football before returning to Atlanta Chiefs in July 1970.