Sunday Chidzambwa

Sunday Chidzambwa
Personal information
Full name Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa
Date of birth (1952-05-04) 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

  1. Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa
  2. Sunday ChidzambwaFIFA competition record
  3. Steve Vickers (28 May 2004). "Marimo quits Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
  4. John Mhunga (10 August 2007). "Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
  5. "Marimo misses job". BBC Sport. 27 August 2007.
  6. John Mhunga (19 November 2008). "Chidzambwa makes Warriors return". BBC Sport.
  7. "Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. 4 May 2005.
  8. Nkanyiso Moyo (20 September 2005). "Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State". New Zimbabwe.
  9. Farirayi Kahwemba (13 September 2012). "Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test". Kickoff.
  10. Moses Chibaye (20 October 2012). "Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans". The Zimbabwean.


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