Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Philani Moyo [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 December 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe [2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chorley | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Northampton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Northampton Town | 14 | (1) |
2012 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 8 | (3) |
2013 | → Corby Town (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2013–2014 | → Stamford (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | → Brackley Town (loan) | 6 | (4) |
2015–2017 | Brackley Town | 97 | (19) |
2017–2018 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 28 | (10) |
2018–2019 | St Albans City | 40 | (13) |
2019–2022 | Hamilton Academical | 82 | (13) |
2022–2023 | Barrow | 14 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Barnet (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2023– | Chorley | 8 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014– | Zimbabwe | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:54, 9 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:04, 13 November 2021 (UTC) |
David Philani Moyo (born 17 December 1994) is a Zimbabwean [3] professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for Chorley and the Zimbabwe national team.
Moyo started a two-year scholarship with Northampton Town in the summer of 2011 after joining from AFC Dunstable. He was in the youth team at the same time as Ivan Toney, forming a strike partnership which helped the cobblers through to the FA Youth Cup 5th round during the 2012-13 season. In October 2012, he was awarded his first squad number by manager Aidy Boothroyd, after a prolific scoring record for the youth side. [4] He made his professional debut on 3 November 2012, in a 1–1 draw with Bradford City in the FA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Anthony Charles. [5] In March 2013, he was offered a professional contract with Northampton Town along with Claudio Dias.
In the 2013–14 season, Moyo spent some time out on loan at Northern Premier Division side Stamford, netting 4 goals in all competitions. He left Northampton Town on 12 January after his contract was terminated by the club.
On 12 January 2015, he signed a permanent contract with Brackley Town, Playing over 100 games in all competitions overall, scoring 21 times.
After playing for St Albans, in July 2019 he signed for Hamilton Academical. [6] [7] On 29 December 2019, he scored his first goal for the club, the winning goal as Hamilton won 2–1 away to Motherwell in the Lanarkshire derby. [8] In March 2020 he signed a contract extension with Hamilton until 2021. [9]
On 7 August 2020, Moyo signed a new three-year deal at Hamilton, keeping him at the club until 2023. [10]
In November 2020, Moyo was called up for the Zimbabwe national team ahead of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers. [11]
In the 2021/22 season, Moyo provided the highest amount of assists in the Scottish Championship, tallying a total of 12. However, On 30 May 2022, Hamilton confirmed that they and Moyo had reached an agreement to release him from his contract. [12]
On 8 August 2022, Moyo signed for Barrow on a one-year deal. On 29 December, he joined Barnet on loan until the end of the season. [13] He was released by Barrow after one season with the club. [14]
On 12 September 2023, Moyo joined Chorley on a deal until the end of the season. [15]
In October 2014, Moyo received his first call up to the Zimbabwe national football team.
His second call-up came whilst in fine form for Hamilton Academical in 2021, securing himself a place in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Northampton Town | 2012–13 [18] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2013–14 [19] | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2014–15 [20] | League Two | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | ||
Brackley Town (loan) | 2014–15 | Conference North | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Brackley Town | 2014–15 [17] | Conference North | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
2015–16 [17] | National League North | 42 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | ||
2016–17 [17] | National League North | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 47 | 9 | ||
Total | 97 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 109 | 21 | ||
Hemel Hempstead Town | 2017–18 [17] | National League South | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | |
St Albans City | 2018–19 [17] | National League South | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | |
Hamilton Academical | 2019–20 [21] | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |
2020–21 [22] | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2021–22 [23] | Scottish Championship | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 37 | 9 | |
Total | 82 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 93 | 14 | ||
Barrow | 2022–23 [24] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Barnet (loan) | 2022-23 [17] | National League | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 18 | 2 |
Career total | 292 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 327 | 65 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Zimbabwe | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
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