Pascal Manhanga

Pascal Manhanga

Personal information
Full name	Pascal Ovidy Manhanga
Date of birth	(1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Harare, Zimbabwe
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	How Mine
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Mutare United
2010–2011	Tsholotsho Pirates
2011–2014	Triangle United
2014–2015	Highlanders
2015–2016	Triangle United
2016–	How Mine
International career‡
2014–	Zimbabwe	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2016

Pascal Ovidy Manhanga (born 23 March 1991) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for How Mine and the Zimbabwe national team. ^{[1] [2]} He is known for creating and scoring goals. ^[3]

Career

Club

Manhanga started his career in the lower leagues of Zimbabwe, firstly with Mutare United and then with Tsholotsho Pirates, he remained with both sides for a year each before moving to Triangle United. He spent three years with Triangle Utd before he was signed by the 2013 Mbada Diamonds Cup winners Highlanders in June 2014. ^[4] His stay with the Highlanders was short as he left to rejoin Triangle Utd at the start of 2015. However, a year later he was on the move again as he departed Triangle Utd for the second time to sign for How Mine. ^[5]

International

In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him 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. ^{[6] [7]} He made two appearances in the aforementioned competition, overall he has played four times for Zimbabwe and scored one goal. ^{[8] [9]}

Career statistics

International

As of 26 June 2016. ^{[8] [9]}

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Zimbabwe	2014	4	1
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
Total		4	1

International goals

As of 26 June 2016. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first. ^{[8] [9]}

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 March 2014	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	3–1	4–1	Friendly

Personal life

Political views

Manhanga has criticized the widespread practice of polygamy in Zimbabwe, calling it worse for the people of his country than marijuana, pornography, or console video games. ^[10]

References

1. "Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Chan tournament". newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
2. "Zimbabwe name final squad for CHAN tournament". cosafa.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
3. "Pascal Manhanga". mtnfootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
4. "Bosso, FC Platinum after Manhanga". southerneye.co.zw. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
5. "Pascal Manhanga profile". Eurosport. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
6. "CHAN 2014: awards and team of the CHAN". en.starafrica.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
7. "Articles tagged 'warriors'". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
8. "Pascal Manhanga profile". Football Database. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
9. "Pascal Manhanga profile". World Football. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
10. "Player Profile: Pascal Manhanga". naturallawnews.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}