Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darlington Ngonidzashe Murasiranwa | ||
Date of birth | February 7, 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Cape Town Barca Juniors | |||
2014–2016 | FC Edmonton | ||
2016–2018 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
2018–2019 | FC Edmonton | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Guelph Gryphons | 3 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | FC Edmonton | 13 | (0) |
2023 | FC London | 16 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Valour FC | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 16, 2025 |
Darlington Ngonidzashe Murasiranwa (born February 7, 2001) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Murasiranwa was born in Zimbabwe, later moving to South Africa where he began playing football in Cape Town with Barca Juniors at age 9. [1] [2] When he was 13, he moved to Edmonton, Canada, re-uniting with his parents (including meeting his father for the first time), who had moved to North America, when Darlington was an infant in search of a better life for the family due to the economic hardships in their homeland, leaving him with his grandparents. [3] [4] In Edmonton, he joined the FC Edmonton academy. [3] He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy at U16 level, [5] before returning to the FC Edmonton academy. [2]
In 2019, he began attending the University of Guelph, playing for the men's soccer team. [6] He kept clean sheets in his first two starts. [7] Ahead of the 2021 season, he announced he was transferring to MacEwan University where he would play for the MacEwan Griffins. [8] However, he ultimately turned pro instead a couple of months later.
Murasiranwa signed with Canadian Premier League side FC Edmonton on February 5, 2021. [9] He made his debut for Edmonton on August 15 in a Canadian Championship match against Cavalry FC. [10] He made six appearances in his first season, keeping a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory in the final game of the season against Forge FC. [11] In February 2022, Edmonton announced that Murasiranwa would be returning to the team for the 2022 season. [12] Following the 2022 season, Murasiranza trained with English non-league side Shepshed Dynamo. [13]
After FC Edmonton folded following the 2022 season, [14] he joined FC London in League1 Ontario in March 2023. [15] Over the course of the season, he made sixteen appearances for the club. [16]
In August 2023, after the League1 Ontario season, he returned to the Canadian Premier League, signing a contract with Valour FC for the remainder of the season, with a club option for 2024. [17] [18]
Murasiranwa has participated in camps at the U15 and U17 level for Canada. [1]
Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
FC Edmonton | 2021 | Canadian Premier League | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
2022 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
FC London | 2023 [20] | League1 Ontario | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Valour FC | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2024 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
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