Ranga Chivaviro

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Ranga Chivaviro
Personal information
Full name Ranga Piniel Chivaviro [1]
Date of birth (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kaizer Chiefs
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Witbank Spurs 32 (6)
2016 Cape Town All Stars 10 (3)
2016–2018 Ubuntu Cape Town 50 (16)
2018–2020 Baroka 24 (2)
2019 → TS Sporting (loan) 6 (1)
2021 Trepça '89 5 (0)
2021–2022 Venda FA 10 (2)
2022–2023 Marumo Gallants 19 (10)
2023– Kaizer Chiefs 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024

Ranga Chivaviro (born 21 November 1992) is a South African soccer player who plays for South African Premier Division side Kaizer Chiefs, as a forward. He was born in Limpopo, [1] to a South African mother and a Zimbabwean father.

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Club career

Chivaviro played for Witbank Spurs, Cape Town All Stars and Ubuntu Cape Town, [2] before signing for South African Premier Division side Baroka in the summer of 2018. [3] After spending part of the 2019–20 season on loan at TS Sporting, he was released by Baroka at the end of the season. [4] [5]

In March 2021, Chivaviro signed for Kosovar side KF Trepça '89. [6] He left the club at the end of the season. In September 2021, he returned to South Africa and signed with Venda FA. He left the club in June 2022. [7]

In August 2022, Chivaviro joined Marumo Gallants [8] and was part of the Gallants side that progressed to the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals.

In the first leg of their quarter-final, Gallants drew 1–1 against Pyramids in Cairo. Chivaviro gave Gallants a 1–0 lead early in the second half, but Pyramids drew level with a stoppage time penalty. In the return leg in South Africa, Gallants won 1–0 to secure their semi-final place. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Gallants took on 2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League champions Young Africans in the two legged semi-finals. In the first leg in Tanzania on May 10, Young Africans took a 2–0 first leg lead with two goals in the second half. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Ahead of the return leg, Chivaviro and Young Africans' Fiston Kalala Mayele are currently the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup's joint top goalscorers, with five goals each.

On 30 June 2023, it was announced that Chivaviro had signed for Kaizer Chiefs. [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ Ranga Chivaviro at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Said, Nick (10 July 2018). "Baroka FC sign Ubuntu Cape Town striker Ranga Chivaviro". The Times . Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Baroka FC release Kamogelo Mogaswa, Ranga Chivaviro, Mogau Khwinana and Tebogo Sodi". Kick Off . 18 May 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Ngcatshe, Phumzile (24 May 2020). "Chivaviro: I still can't believe I'm no longer a Baroka player". Goal . Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Ranga Chivaviro, Mphakamiseni Nene sign for KF Trepca '89 in Kosovo, snl24.com, 22 March 2021
  7. ↑ Mass exodus of players continues!, snl24.com, 8 June 2022
  8. ↑ CHIVAVIRO JOINS GALLANTS, inksport.co.za, 20 August 2022
  9. ↑ "Chivaviro: Reported Orlando Pirates transfer target boosts Marumo Gallants' Caf Confederation Cup semi-final dream at Pyramids". Goal.
  10. ↑ "Kerr rues late penalty as Marumo return with a draw". Sowetan Live.
  11. ↑ "Marumo Gallants stun Bafana Bafana star Lakay's Pyramids to secure Caf Confederation Cup semi-final spot". Goal.
  12. ↑ "Underdogs Marumo Gallants are navigating Africa like classy Mamelodi Sundowns". IOL.
  13. ↑ "CAFCC: Marumo Gallants continue to defy the odds, advance past Pyramids FC to semifinals". panafricafootball.com.
  14. ↑ "African Confederation Cup draw". Reuters.
  15. ↑ "Marumo Gallants' Caf Confederation Cup journey takes them to Tanzania next, but who are Young Africans?". IOL.
  16. ↑ "Yanga ready for Dylan Kerr's Marumo Gallants". Micheza Afrika.
  17. ↑ "Yanga urged to take Marumo Gallants seriously". ippmedia.com.
  18. ↑ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "Chiefs muscle in on transfer market with Ranga Chivaviro signing from Marumo Gallants". news24.
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