Moses Sichone (born 31 May 1977) is a retired professional

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who played as a

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. A Zambian international, he spent most of his career with German clubs.

Club career

Sichone joined the squad of

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in June 2007. After ten years in Germany he left the country on 20 July 2009 and signed for

AEP Paphos AEP Paphos (, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. AEP Paphos was dissolved on 9 June 2014, i ...

. On 12 July 2010, Sichone signed a one-year contract in the

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for Carl Zeiss Jena. His contract was not renewed and he left the club on 30 June 2011.Jena droht großer Umbruch
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International career

Sichone was part of the Zambia national team at the

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, which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

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* * 1977 births Living people Zambian men's footballers Footballers from Mufulira Men's association football central defenders Zambia men's international footballers 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Cypriot First Division players 1. FC Köln players Alemannia Aachen players Kickers Offenbach players VfR Aalen players Nchanga Rangers F.C. players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players AEP Paphos FC players Zambian expatriate men's footballers Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub