Tafadzwa Rusike
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tafadzwa Paul Rusike | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger / Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | ZESCO United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | CAPS United | ||
2010–2013 | Ajax Cape Town | 47 | (2) |
2014 | Dynamos | ||
2015 | Progresso Sambizanga | ||
2016–2017 | CAPS United | ||
2017–2019 | Zanaco | ||
2020– | ZESCO United | ||
International career | |||
2009–2013 | Zimbabwe | 14 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tafadzwa Rusike (born 7 May 1989 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a winger for ZESCO United.[1][2]
Club career[edit]
CAPS United F.C.[edit]
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League for CAPS United F.C., signing with the club in January 2008, and finishing the 2007-08 season, Tafadzwa Rusike played for CAPS for the next two seasons, before transferring to the South African club Ajax Cape Town.
Ajax Cape Town[edit]
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the South African PSL for Ajax Cape Town on 27 August 2010 in a 2-0 win against Bloemfontein Celtic at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. He was acquired by Ajax Cape Town in the summer of 2010 as a transfer from Zimbabwean club CAPS United F.C. Rusike was joined at Ajax by CAPS club mate Khama Billiat, who had also transferred to the Cape club in the off-season.[3] He played for three seasons with the team, and departed the Urban Warriors at the end of the 2012-13 season.[4]
Dynamos[edit]
Tafadzwa Rusike has sign for Dynamos. [5]
International career[edit]
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.[6]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 March 2010 | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | Malawi | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 7 June 2019 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | Lesotho | 1–0 | 2–2 (5–4 p) | 2019 COSAFA Cup |
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Ajax Cape Town
- 2010 Telkom Knockout: Finalist
References[edit]
- ^ "Tafadzwa Rusike". IMScoutting. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ CAPS will keep paying Rusike‚ herald.co.zw, 20 September 2017
- ^ "Tafadzwa Rusike". ABSA Premiership. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Urban Warriors release Rusike". Kickoff.com. 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Rusike and Chitiyo officially sign for Dynamos - Local News - Soccer24". www.soccer24.co.zw. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Rusike, Tafadzwa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
External links[edit]
- Tafadzwa Rusike at FootballDatabase.eu
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Zimbabwean men's footballers
- Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers
- Zimbabwe men's international footballers
- CAPS United players
- Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
- Dynamos F.C. players
- Progresso Associação do Sambizanga players
- Zanaco F.C. players
- ZESCO United F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Zambia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Expatriate men's footballers in Angola
- Expatriate men's footballers in Zambia
- Zimbabwean football biography stubs