At the moment, Zimbabwean football is not very appealing to the
international market. Not many local players have made the breakthrough
to the top leagues in Europe in recent years. Only Manchester City
striker Benjani Mwaruwari is at ,a top team, Portsmouth. Most Zimbabwean
players who go to Europe end up in small leagues such as Poland, Cyprus
and Belgium.
Generally, Zimbabwean clubs have done well in Africa. Monomotapa, a
small but ambitious club from Harare, reached the mini-league stage of
the Champions League in 2009. All this points to the fact that there is
already talent in Zimbabwe and what needs to be done is to identify and
nurture it to the required standards. It needed top South African side
Kaizer Chiefs to confirm that Knowledge Musona is a star for the future.
Virtually unknown while playing for Black Aces Academy in Harare, the
19-year-old Musona has proven to be a key player to Chiefs scoring
crucial goals.Zimbabwe's got talent, here are some key players to note,
Zim players in European top flight leagues
England: Benjani Mwaruwari (Manchester City)
Turkey: Joseph Ngwenya (Antalyaspor)
Poland: Takesure Chinyama, Dickson Choto (both Legia Warsaw), Costa Nhamoinesu (Zagbie Lubin)
Austria: Justice Majabvi (LASK Linz)
Cyprus: Musawenkosi Mguni, Noel Kaseke (both AC Omonia)
Romania: Mike Temwanjira (FC Vaslui)
Belgium: Cephas Chimedza (Sint-Truidense), Honour Gombami, Vusa Nyoni (Cercle Brugge)
To a die-hard Zimbabwean football fan, it’s a mystery that the country
is still regarded as a nonentity in international football circles.
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