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 22)
Place of birth Dzivarasekwa, Zimbabwe [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Mechelen
Number 38
Youth career
0000–2020 Prince Edward School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Dynamos
2022– Jong KVM 33 (10)
2023– Mechelen 8 (2)
International career
2021– Zimbabwe 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:26, 9 January 2022 (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.

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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.