Kennedy Chihuri
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 April 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1981–1986 | CAPS United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1994 | Chapungu United | ||
1994–1996 | Tatran Prešov | 49 | (6) |
1996 | Slavia Prague | 4 | (0) |
1997–2004 | Viktoria Žižkov | 196 | (26) |
International career | |||
1994–2003 | Zimbabwe | 30 | (-) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kennedy Chihuri (born 2 April 1969) is a retired Zimbabwean footballer who played 200 matches in the Czech First League, almost all of them for FK Viktoria Žižkov. He was the first black player in the Czech league.[1] He won the Czech Cup with Žižkov in the 2000–01 season.[2] Chihuri made 30 appearances for the Zimbabwe national football team.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bouc, František (1 November 2006). "Race Card". Prague Post. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ White, Nicolas (14 January 2005). "Chihuri wants to go home". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
External links
[edit]- Kennedy Chihuri at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kennedy Chihuri – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Vďačný za desať rokov v strednej Európe Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Zimbabwean men's footballers
- Zimbabwe men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chapungu United F.C. players
- Czech First League players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- FK Viktoria Žižkov players
- 1. FC Tatran Prešov players
- Slovak First Football League players
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Zimbabwean football biography stubs