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 Chidzambwa – FIFA 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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