“I cannot thank you enough for the lessons you’ve taught me and the friendship you’ve so freely given. Absolutely, like any great team, you encouraged me, assisted me, and made me better at what we do.
“Thank you for sharing the wins and losses, the triumphs and the tribulations. Working with you has been a true privilege.
“I leave with friends, memories, and lessons learned from each of you. It’s been a pleasure getting to know and working with you during my time in Zambia.”
The goalkeeper also stated his gratefulness especially to the people who helped him, including outside the field of play.
“We have completed the signing of Ugandan goalkeeper [Mathias] Kigonya who will be with us for two years. His signing was recommended by head coach George Lwandamina,” Azam announced on Wednesday.
At Azam, he is expected to fight for regular places with Benedict Haule, David Mapigano and Wilbol Kaseke. In the previous transfer window, Azam signed Mapigano from Gor Mahia and even though the Tanzanian had a good start, poor results from matchday eight of the ongoing campaign saw him used inter-changeably with Haule.
Kaseke has always played second fiddle but was prominently deployed in the Mapinduzi Cup where Azam were eliminated by Yanga SC in the semi-finals.
The Belgian tactician, who is still unbeaten since joining Yanga as a replacement for Serbian Zlatko Krmpotic, has revealed his players deserved to win the game in normal time but they relaxed, which allowed Azam to hold them to a draw.
“The intensity of the match was high but the match was very slow,” Kaze said as quoted by
“We did not pressurise our opponents for more goals, instead we got back to defend and this resulted for Azam to gain the confidence to recovery and score an equalizer.”
Kaze has, however, praised his players for their quality from the penalty spot and said they are in the final to win the trophy.