Ovidy Karuru

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Ovidy Karuru
Personal information
Full name Ovidy Obvious Karuru [1]
Date of birth (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2006 Masvingo United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Masvingo United 50 (15)
2009 Gunners 19 (8)
2009–2012 Boulogne 73 (10)
2012–2014 OH Leuven 32 (1)
2014–2016 Kaizer Chiefs 5 (0)
2017–2019 AmaZulu 59 (8)
2020 Stellenbosch 7 (1)
2020–2021 Black Leopards 23 (5)
2022 Al-Shoulla
International career‡
2007–2009 Zimbabwe U20 18 (4)
2007– Zimbabwe 50 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:30, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:38, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Ovidy Obvious Karuru (born January 23, 1989) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently playing for the Zimbabwe national team. [2]

Contents

Club career

Karuru began his career with Masvingo United F.C. and joined Newcastle United F.C. for a trial in March 2008. [3] After two years in the senior side for Masvingo United he joined Gunners Football Club Harare in January 2009. [4]

After only a half-year with Harare, he was sold to Ligue 1 team US Boulogne in the summer of 2009. [5] With Boulogne he relegated twice in three seasons, ending up in the Championnat National in 2012, when he moved to OH Leuven in the Belgian Pro League. He made his league debut for the club on 15 September 2012 in a 1–0 home loss against Zulte Waregem replacing Evariste Ngolok in the 72nd minute. [6] He scored his first league goal for the club on 20 October 2012 in a 4–1 home victory over Club Brugge. After being brought on in the 46th minute for Derick Ogbu, Karuru scored the fourth and final goal of the match for his side in the 81st minute. The assist came from Ebrahima Sawaneh. [7] He joined Chiefs on 22 July 2014 as a free agent after opting not to renew his contract with OH Leuven, who were relegated from the Jupiler League at the end of the 2013–14 season. [8]

Karuru joined Kaizer Chiefs and played in a pre-season friendly against Chippa United in which Chiefs won 4–2 in Port Elizabeth. Karuru received his work permit from the South African Department of Home Affairs on 22 August 2014 after a month-long delay. [9] He was released by Kaizer Chiefs on 31 May 2016. [10]

In February 2017, Karuru was picked up by South African club AmaZulu F.C. on a one-and-a-half year deal. [11] His league debut for the club came on 15 February 2017 in a 2–1 home loss to Mthatha Bucks F.C. He was subbed on for Zola Jingxi in the 61st minute. [12] His first league goal for the club came on 19 April 2017 in a 3–1 away win over Royal Eagles F.C. His goal, scored in the 69th minute, made the score 2–1 in favour of AmaZulu. [13]

On 29 January 2022, Karuru joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Shoulla. [14]

International career

Karuru is a former member of the Zimbabwe national under-20 football team and was with them as part of the 2009 African Nations Championship, [15] he was also given captaincy of the team. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 July 2019. [2]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOther [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AmaZulu 2016–17 National First Division 1321000—00142
2017–18 South African Premier Division 2531100—00264
2018–19 2131010—00233
Total5983110—00639
Career total5983110—00639
  1. ↑ Includes the Nedbank Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes the Telkom Knockout.
  3. ↑ Includes the MTN 8.

International

As of 30 June 2017. [4]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe
200720
200850
200910
201010
201161
201220
201320
201410
201500
201600
201776
201850
201960
Total387

International goals

Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first. [4]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2011 National Sports Stadium, Harare, ZimbabweFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2–03–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.26 June 2017 Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng, South AfricaFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1–04–0 2017 COSAFA Cup
3.2–0
4.30 June 2017Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng, South AfricaFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1–06–02017 COSAFA Cup
5.2–0
6.4–0
7.2 July 2017 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South AfricaFlag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 1–02–12017 COSAFA Cup

Honours

Masvingo United

Kaizer Chiefs

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References

  1. ↑ Ovidy Karuru – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank
  2. 1 2 Ovidy Karuru at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Karuru fails at Newcastle united Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 Ovidy Karuru at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ "Ligue 1 - Transferts - Le Zimbabwéen Ovidy Karuru signe à Boulogne". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Leuven vs. Zulte-Waregem – 15 September 2012 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ↑ "Leuven vs. Club Brugge – 20 October 2012 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ↑ "Karuru signs for Chiefs - Ovidy Karuru to be unveiled as Kaizer Chiefs player". soccerladuma.co.za. 22 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Karuru gets work permit - Kaizer Chiefs' Ovidy Karuru had received his work permit". soccerladuma.co.za. 23 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "KAIZER CHIEFS | KC ARTICLES". www.kaizerchiefs.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ex-Chiefs Midfielder Signs for AmaZulu - Ovidy Karuru has joined AmaZulu". soccerladuma.co.za. 7 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "AmaZulu vs. Mthatha Bucks – 15 February 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ↑ "Royal Eagles vs. AmaZulu – 19 April 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ↑ "Breaking: Ovidy Karuru completes transfer to Saudi club". 29 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Sharuko, Robson (10 March 2009). "Zimbabwe: Karuru in Chan Team". The Herald (Harare). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  16. ↑ Sharuko, Robson (16 January 2008). "Zimbabwe: Karuru's Big Break". The Herald (Harare). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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