 Zambia reached the final which they lost to Zaire after a replay.In April 1975, he was dropped from the national team and he watched the action from the sidelines for almost two years.He made a comeback when Zambia coach Brightwell Banda took charge of the team, coming off the bench to score two goals in a crucial World Cup qualification tie against Uganda on 27 February 1977 in a 4–2 victory in Ndola.