Kingston Nkhatha
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kingston Brooklyn Nkhatha | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Zvimba, Zimbabwe | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Super Sports United FC | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Buymore Chitungwiza | 82 | (75) |
| 2007 | CAPS F.C. | 17 | (12) |
| 2007–2011 | Free State Stars | 41 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | →Carara Kicks (loan) | 20 | (11) |
| 2011–2012 | Black Leopards | 22 | (8) |
| 2012–2015 | Kaizer Chiefs | 69 | (16) |
| 2015- | Supersport United | 10 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Zimbabwe | 10 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:53, 12 September 2015 (UTC) | |||
Kingston Nkhatha (born 27 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a striker for Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier Soccer League and Zimbabwe.[1]
Kaizer Chiefs
He joined Chiefs in July 2012 under new coach Stuart Baxter. He made his league debut on 11 August 2012 in a 6-0 win over a AmaZulu. He scored the second goal on debut in the 42nd minute.[citation needed] He went on to score eight goals in 24 matches for the 2012-13 season.[2] Nkhatha urged fans to stop booing him or other players when fans started to boo him towards the end of the 2012-13 and the beginning of the 2013-14 season. He said "As a professional, you cannot take these things to heart otherwise they will destroy you. But I still ask our fans to stop doing it. It is not good for the team."[3] He scored his first goal of the 2013-14 as an equaliser in the Soweto derby to silence critics. He also started off the 2014 CAF Champions League campaign with a brace in a 3-0 win over Black Africa on 8 February 2014. The first, a long range shot and the second, a header over advancing goalkeeper, Arnold Subeb after a pinpoint drop kick from Itumeleng Khune in the 87th minute.[4] Nkhatha scored 7 goals in the 2013-14 season again.[5] During 2014-15 pre-season friendlies, he scored against Chippa United in a 4-2 win in Port Elizabeth[6] he competed in the 2014 Carling Black Label Cup but got injured and bruised his thigh in the 23rd minute after clashing with Senzo Meyiwa.[7] In the fourth quarter final of the MTN8 2014, Nkhatha scored Chiefs' second goal only in the 5th minute after taking the lead from Reneilwe Letsholonyane's 2nd-minute goal, with an 22-yard volley that first hit the underside of the cross bar. Chiefs won 4-0.[8]
Honours
- Premier Soccer League – 2012/13
- Nedbank Cup – 2013
- Carling Black Label – 2013
- MTN 8 – 2014
References
- ^ Kingston Nkhatha at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Kingston Nkhatha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Nkhatha: Stop booing players | Sport24". M.news24.com. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Nkhatha brace sinks Black Africans". Thenewage.co.za. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22288/Kingston_Nkhatha.html
- ^ http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/south-africa/club-friendly-match-report-chippa-united-2-4-kaizer-chiefs-20-july-2014/169922
- ^ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/teams/kaizer-chiefs/kingston-nkhatha-injury-could-be-serious-says-stuart-baxter/170748
- ^ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/leagues/mtn8/mtn8-quarter-final-report-kaizer-chiefs-4-0-mp-black-aces/171670