Kalusha Bwalya is also well known in South Africa as a SuperSport television presenter.
He is also the former president of the Football Association of Zambia (Faz). On Friday it was revealed that Fifa banned Bwalya from all football-related activities for two years over accepting illegal payments from former Asian football chief Mohammed bin Hammam.
Here's how Bwalya responded with a statement on Twitter, and how African football fans responded.
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