Kudakwashe Mahachi

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Kudakwashe Mahachi
Personal information
Full name Kudakwashe Mahachi
Date of birth (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder [2]
Youth career
Highlanders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Bantu Rovers
2012–2014 Chicken Inn
2014 Highlanders
2014–2016 Mamelodi Sundowns 13 (1)
2015–2016Golden Arrows (loan) 21 (3)
2016–2018 Golden Arrows 46 (7)
2018–2019 Orlando Pirates 11 (3)
2019–2022 SuperSport United 62 (6)
International career
2013– Zimbabwe 44 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Kudakwashe Mahachi (born 29 September 1993) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who played as a midfielder for South African clubs and the Zimbabwe national team. [3] [4]

Contents

Career

Club

Mahachi spent the end of his youth career with Highlanders, before moving into senior football with Bantu Rovers. His spell with Bantu was short as he left soon after joining when he agreed to join Chicken Inn. He remained a Chicken Inn player for two years before departing in 2014 when Mahachi rejoined Highlanders. [1] After another short stint, his next move saw him leave Zimbabwe for the first time as he joined Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. 14 appearances and 1 goal followed in his debut season with the Sundowns, in his second campaign he was loaned out to fellow PSL club Golden Arrows. He scored four goals in twenty-five appearances in all competitions for Golden Arrows before returning to the Sundowns. [5] [6] He missed Golden Arrows' league match versus Jomo Cosmos on 11 May 2016 due to the passing of his daughter. [7] Kudakwashe Mahachi currently plays for Ghananian top flight league team Medeama SC. . [8]

International

In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited Mahachi to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil. [9] [10] Mahachi scored his first goal for his nation in the aforementioned 2014 African Nations Championship and his second in a friendly versus Malawi. [1] [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 June 2016. [1]
Statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Other [lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mamelodi Sundowns 2014–15 [1] Premier Soccer League 13110000000141
2015–16 [1] Premier Soccer League000000000000
Total13110000000141
Golden Arrows (loan) 2015–16 [1] Premier Soccer League213212000254
Total213212000254
Career total34431200000395
  1. Includes the Nedbank Cup
  2. Includes the Telkom Knockout
  3. Includes the CAF Champions League
  4. Includes the MTN 8

International

As of match played 18 January 2022. [1] [11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 201320
201492
201520
201640
201771
201810
201960
202020
202181
202231
Total445

International goals

As of match played 18 January 2022.Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first. [1] [11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 January 2014 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South AfricaFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 2–02–1 2014 African Nations Championship
25 March 2014 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, MalawiFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2–14–1 Friendly
315 January 2017 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, GabonFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–12–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
414 November 2021 National Sports Stadium, Harare, ZimbabweFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1–01–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
518 January 2022 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, CameroonFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–02–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Chicken Inn

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