Misheck Chidzambwa

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Misheck Chidzambwa
Personal information
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dynamos
2017 Universals
International career
1982–1987 Zimbabwe
Managerial career
1993 Tanganda
Chapungu United
2000 Zimbabwe
Sporting Lions
2011 Blue Ribbon
2017 Universals
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Misheck Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean former football player and manager.

Early and personal life

His older brother Sunday was also a footballer.[1][2]

Playing career

Chidzambwa played as a defender for Dynamos.[1][2] He served as captain of the national team, captaining them to the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in 1985.[2] He combined his football career with working for the police.[2] He retired in 1987 due to injury.[2]

Coaching career

Chidzambwa was on Clemens Westerhof's coaching staff when he was manager of the Zimbabwe national team.[1] He succeeded Westerhof as manager in 2000, winning the Cosafa Cup.[1] He also managed club sides Tanganda, Chapungu United, Sporting Lions and Blue Ribbon.[1][2] With Tanganda he won the Castle Cup in 1993.[1] He was fired by Blue Ribbon in 2011, and left football.[1] In February 2017 he said he wanted to return to football.[1] Later that year he returned to coaching at Universals, also occasionally playing for the club.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Misheck Chidzambwa desperate for local football comeback". 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Chronicle, The. "Misheck Chidzambwa goes down memory lane". The Chronicle.
  3. ^ Herald, The. "Misheck Chidzambwa, Mussa unite". The Herald.