Andrew Mbeba

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Andrew Mbeba
Personal information
Full name Andrew Kabila Mbeba [1]
Date of birth (2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 23)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Highlanders
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2018 Highlanders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018– Highlanders
International career
2018 Zimbabwe U20
2021– Zimbabwe 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Kabila Mbeba (born 19 February 2000) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a defender for Highlanders, and the Zimbabwe national football team. He has also played for the national under-20 squad.

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Club career

Mbeba is a product of the Highlanders academy, and won the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League's Rookie of the Year award for the 2019 season. [2]

International career

Having captained the Zimbabwe national under-20 team at the 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup in which they finished as runners-up, [3] Mbeba made his senior international debut on 24 January 2021 in a 1–0 defeat to Mali in the 2020 African Nations Championship. [1]

Honours

Zimbabwe U20

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References

  1. 1 2 "Andrew Mbeba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. Chronicle, The. "Harrison believes in young talent". The Chronicle.
  3. 1 2 "Zimbabwe lose to South Africa on penalties in COSAFA U20 final". 13 December 2018.