Wedson Nyirenda
Wedson Nyirenda is a Zambian football manager.He played as a striker for Nchanga Rangers and Power Dynamos in the MTN/FAZ Super Division
1993 Played for Kaizer ChiefsManagement career
He coached at Zesco United and Zanaco.
He was the head coach of the men's senior Zambian national football team having been appointed permanently in January 2017. He resigned in May 2018.
He was involved in the management of the Zambian Under-20 team that won both the Cosafa Under-20 Championship in South Africa and the African Youth Championship.
He presided over the tail end of Zambia's senior national team 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, where they finished second in a group containing traditional heavyweights Nigeria, Algeria, and Cameroon.
He led Zambia at the African Nations Championships finals. Under his management, the team beat Ivory Coast to top their group. In the quarterfinal, they were upset by Sudan but were praised as having played "an attractive style of football".
In April 2018, he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.Honours
Baroka FC
Telkom Knockout
~Champion 2018
