Marshall Munetsi

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Marshall Munetsi
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Munetsi in 2023
Personal information
Full name Marshall Nyasha Munetsi
Date of birth (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reims
Number 15
Youth career
Friendly Academy
Blue Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Ubuntu Cape Town 22 (1)
2016–2017 Baroka 26 (2)
2017–2019 Orlando Pirates 28 (0)
2019– Reims 129 (17)
International career‡
2018– Zimbabwe 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:55, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Marshall Nyasha Munetsi (born 22 June 1996) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Reims and the Zimbabwe national team.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Munetsi was signed by South African National First Division side Cape Town in July 2015. The team released a statement saying that he was "...in the mould of a typical Yaya Touré. Big‚ strong‚ mobile and a good passer of the ball." [2] He made his professional debut on 26 September 2015 in a 3–1 loss to Black Leopards, and scored his first goal in a derby match against Milano United on 16 April 2016, where it ended up being the winning goal in a 1–0 game. [3] He attended trials with the Orlando Pirates, a team in the Premier Division, in December 2015. [4] [5]

Reims

On 11 June 2019, Munetsi signed for Ligue 1 club Reims on a four-year deal.

Appearances and goals for Ligue 1

career stats
seasondivisionappsgoalsassists
2019-20Ligue 11702
2020-21Ligue 12710
2021-22Ligue 12451
2022-23Ligue 13473
2023-24Ligue 11023

International career

Munetsi was called up to the national team in 2018, ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. [6]

Career statistics

As of 6 March 2020 [7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 201890
2019101
Total191
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Munetsi goal.
List of international goals scored by Marshall Munetsi [7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2019 National Sports Stadium, Harare, ZimbabweFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1–03–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Zimbabwe

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References

  1. ↑ "Marshall Munetsi". Stade de Reims. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Said, Nick (24 July 2015). "Zimbabwean midfielder Munetsi 'in the mould of a Yaya Toure'". The Times . Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "More twists in the NFD tale". Premier Soccer League. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bucs Give Two African Beasts' Teens A Trial". Soccer Laduma. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Fakude, Ernest (5 January 2016). "Orlando Pirates undecided on Nyasha 'Marshall' Munetsi". Kickoff. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Zimbabwe name final squad". cafonline.com. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. 1 2 Marshall Munetsi at National-Football-Teams.com


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