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August 1 2006

Total Tranmere Player Profiles

 

8. Calvin Zola

 

Striker

 

Nationality  DR Congo

 

Date of Birth – 31st December 1984

 

Height – 6’ 3’’ 

 

Congolese striker Zola signed for Rovers from Newcastle United at the age of 18 in the summer of 2004 after having spent the previous season on loan at Oldham Athletic.

 

Zola scored four goals in the opening part of the 2004-05 season but his first team chances took a blow when the Home Office banned him from playing due to him no longer having a work permit.

 

The absence of Zola prompted Total Tranmere to set up an online petition to help Zola return to action but by the time the problem was all sorted the season was over and Zola would have to wait for his chance.

 

At the start of last season an injury in the first game put him out for 6 weeks and when he returned in October he scored a further three goals.

 

This year Calvin faces a challenge from Gareth Taylor and Steve Davies to play up front along side Chris Greenacre.

 

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