Sunday Chidzambwa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Dynamos | |||
National team | |||
Zimbabwe | |||
Teams managed | |||
1984–? | Dynamos | ||
2003–2004 | Zimbabwe | ||
2004 | Umtata Bush Bucks | ||
2007 | Zimbabwe | ||
2008–2010 | Zimbabwe | ||
2010 | Free State Stars | ||
2010–2012 | Black Leopards | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean former association football coach and player. He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.[1]
Career
Marimo played as a defender for Dynamos, with whom he won five league championships.
He also played at international level for Zimbabwe, appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.[2]
After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Dynamos, the Zimbabwe national team (in 2004 at the 2004 African Cup of Nations[3] and 2007[4]), and South African team Umtata Bush Bucks, where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by Clemens Westerhof.[5] He was re-appointed manager of Zimbabwe in November 2008,[6] leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's Free State Stars.[7] Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,[8] later becoming manager of Black Leopards.[9] On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.[10]
References
- ↑ Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa
- ↑ Sunday Chidzambwa – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Steve Vickers (28 May 2004). "Marimo quits Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
- ↑ John Mhunga (10 August 2007). "Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Marimo misses job". BBC Sport. 27 August 2007.
- ↑ John Mhunga (19 November 2008). "Chidzambwa makes Warriors return". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. 4 May 2005.
- ↑ Nkanyiso Moyo (20 September 2005). "Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State". New Zimbabwe.
- ↑ Farirayi Kahwemba (13 September 2012). "Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test". Kickoff.
- ↑ Moses Chibaye (20 October 2012). "Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans". The Zimbabwean.