Kingston Nkhatha

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Kingston Nkhatha
Personal information
Full name Kingston Brooklyn Nkhatha
Date of birth (1985-10-27) 27 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Zvimba, Zimbabwe
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Mbombela United
Number 29
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2007 Buymore F.C. 82 (75)
2007 CAPS United 17 (12)
2007–2011 Free State Stars 41 (5)
2008–2009 → Carara Kicks (loan) 20 (11)
2011–2012 Black Leopards 22 (8)
2012–2015 Kaizer Chiefs 69 (16)
2015–2018 SuperSport United 69 (10)
2018 Dynamos
2019– Mbombela United 7 (2)
International career‡
2007– Zimbabwe 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2016

Kingston Nkhatha (born 27 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a striker for Mbombela United in the South African National First Division and the Zimbabwe national team. [1]

Contents

Career

Club

Early career

Nkhatha started his career in Zimbabwe with Buymore F.C. and CAPS United, before departing to South Africa to sign for Free State Stars. Less than a year after signing for Free State Stars, Nkhatha was loaned out to Carara Kicks. He returned to FS Stars in 2009 and remained with the club until he left in 2011 to join Black Leopards, eight goals in twenty-two appearances followed before he was signed by Kaizer Chiefs. [2]

Kaizer Chiefs

He joined Kaizer Chiefs in July 2012 under new coach Stuart Baxter. He made his league debut on 11 August 2012 in a 6–0 win over AmaZulu. He scored the second goal on debut in the 42nd minute. [3] He went on to score eight goals in 24 matches for the 2012–13 season. [4] Nkhatha urged fans to stop booing him or other players when fans started to boo him towards the end of the 2012–13 and the beginning of the 2013–14 season. He said "As a professional, you cannot take these things to heart otherwise they will destroy you. But I still ask our fans to stop doing it. It is not good for the team". [5] He scored his first goal of the 2013–14 as an equaliser in the Soweto derby to silence critics.

He also started off the 2014 CAF Champions League campaign with a brace in a 3–0 win over Black Africa on 8 February 2014. The first, a long range shot and the second, a header over advancing goalkeeper, Arnold Subeb after a pinpoint drop kick from Itumeleng Khune in the 87th minute. [6] Nkhatha scored 7 goals in the 2013–14 season again. [7] During 2014–15 pre-season friendlies, he scored against Chippa United in a 4–2 win in Port Elizabeth [8] he competed in the 2014 Carling Black Label Cup but got injured and bruised his thigh in the 23rd minute after clashing with Senzo Meyiwa. [9] In the fourth quarter final of the 2014 MTN 8, Nkhatha scored Chiefs' second goal only in the 5th minute after taking the lead from Reneilwe Letsholonyane's 2nd-minute goal, with a 22-yard volley that first hit the underside of the cross bar. Chiefs won 4–0. [10] In total, Nkhatha made 69 league appearances before departing in 2015. [2]

SuperSport United

On 16 January 2015, Nkhatha joined Premier Soccer League outfit SuperSport United on a three-and-a-half-year contract. [11] He made his debut on 11 February against his former club Free State Stars and scored his first SuperSport Utd goal in the process. [2] He won his first trophy with SuperSport Utd in May 2016 when the club won the 2015–16 Nedbank Cup. [12]

International

Nkhatha has won 10 caps and scored 3 goals for the Zimbabwe national team. His international goals have come against Madagascar and Malawi. [2] [13] [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 June 2016. [2]
Statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Other [lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SuperSport United 2014–15 [2] Premier Soccer League 814200—00123
2015–16 [2] Premier Soccer League 2364021—10307
Total3178221—104210
Career total3178221—104210
  1. ↑ Includes the Nedbank Cup
  2. ↑ Includes the Telkom Knockout
  3. ↑ Includes the CAF Champions League
  4. ↑ Includes the MTN 8

International

As of 26 June 2016. [2] [13] [14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 2007–103
Total103

International goals

As of 26 June 2016. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first. [2] [13] [14]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 April 2007 Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–01–0 2007 COSAFA Cup
29 September 2007 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1–03–1 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
35 March 2014 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi 4–14–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

Kaizer Chiefs
SuperSport United

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References

  1. ↑ Kingston Nkhatha at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Kingston Nkhatha profile". Soccerway. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "AmaZulu vs. Kaizer Chiefs". Soccerway. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Kingston Nkhatha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nkhatha: Stop booing players | Sport24". M.news24.com. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nkhatha brace sinks Black Africans". The New Age. South Africa. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Profile at National-Football-Teams". national-football-teams.com.
  8. ↑ "Nigerian football news | SL10". sl10.ng. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nkhatha could be out for a long time - Kingston Nkhatha injury could be serious says Stuart Baxter". soccerladuma.co.za. 27 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Rampant Chiefs annihilate Aces - MTN8 quarterfinal report: Kaizer Chiefs 4-0 MP Black Aces". soccerladuma.co.za. 3 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "SuperSport United welcome Nkhatha". SuperSport. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "SuperSport United vs. Orlando Pirates". Soccerway. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 "Kingston Nkhatha profile". World Football. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 "Kingston Nkhatha profile". Football Database. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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