After a 20-year hiatus from Garden Park, former Super League star Joseph Sitali has returned to his boyhood club Kitwe United, this time as an assistant coach. Chingalika have appointed Sitali to assist interim head coach Chisala Mwandama in the 2026 transitional National…

After a 20-year hiatus from Garden Park, former Super League star Joseph Sitali has returned to his boyhood club Kitwe United, this time as an assistant coach.

Chingalika have appointed Sitali to assist interim head coach Chisala Mwandama in the 2026 transitional National League season.

Sitali launched his playing career at Kitwe before switching to Power Dynamos after the club’s demotion around 2006.

After playing for Power, Don Bosco in DR Congo, Nkana and Mighty Mufulira Wanderers, Sitali hung up his boots at Shinde Stadium and was given a coaching role.

Sitali was an assistant coach at Mighty until June 2025.

Speaking to the newsroom Sports, the former midfield dynamo expressed his happiness to join the Kitwe bench.

“I am happy to join the Kitwe United coaching bench. This is my team and this is the team that made me,” Sitali said.

“I have come back at my parent club as a way of paying back. I accepted to come back here because of what this team has done for me,” he said.

Kitwe are enjoying good form in the National League and currently share top spot with Forest Rangers.

“For me to come back where it all started I believe God is saying something. I am here serving the club with my whole heart,” Sitali said.

Kitwe have 14 points from seven matches having posted four wins, two draws and one defeat.

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