Bill Antonio

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Bill Antonio
Personal information
Full name Bill Leeroy Antonio
Date of birth (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Dzivarasekwa, Zimbabwe [1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mechelen
Number 38
Youth career
–2020 Prince Edward School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Dynamos
2022– Jong KVM 33 (10)
2023– Mechelen 27 (4)
International career‡
2021– Zimbabwe 9 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:59, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Bill Leeroy Antonio (born 3 September 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Mechelen, and the Zimbabwe national team.

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Club career

For the 2023-24 Belgian season, Antonio started in Mechelen's second team in Belgian Division 2, Jong KV. He made his professional debut for Mechelen as a substitute in a 3-0 Mechelen win over Standard Liege on 5 November 2023, and continued to make appearances off the bench for the Malinwa, scoring the winner in a 2–1 win at Gent on 19 January 2024, the club's first away win over the Buffalos since 2012. [2]

International career

Antonio made his international debut with the Zimbabwe national team as an 18-year-old in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to South Africa on 11 November 2021. [3] It was his first call-up. [4]

Antonio was named in the Zimbabwe squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, [5] but along with Panashe Mutimbanyoka and Temptation Chiwunga did not travel to Cameroon due to organisational problems.

On 11 December 2025, Antonio was called up to the Zimbabwe squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. [6]

International goals

Scored a goal against Saudi Arabia, in an international friendly match in November 2025
List of international goals scored by Bill Antonio
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2025 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar9Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1–12–1 Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "DeMbare Schoolboy Bill Antonio Makes Warriors Debut – ZimEye".
  2. ↑ "Met lesje in efficiëntie smeert KV Mechelen AA Gent eerste thuisnederlaag aan (With a lesson in efficiency, KV Mechelen inflicts AA Gent's first home defeat)". Sporza (in Dutch). 19 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "South Africa vs. Zimbabwe (1:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ↑ Zibanda, Mehluli (8 November 2021). "Bill Antonio gets nod for World Cup qualifiers". Sunday News.
  5. ↑ "Afcon 2021: A Zimbabwe squad is named despite threat of a Fifa ban". BBC Sport. 29 December 2021.
  6. ↑ @online_zifa (11 December 2025). "The wait is over. Here is the final Warriors AFCON 2025 squad to represent Zimbabwe in Morocco" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 December 2025– via Twitter.
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