Rutendo Makore

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Rutendo Makore
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Makore at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth 30 September 1992 (1992-09-30) (age 31)
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Sporting Huelva 9 (3)
International career
Zimbabwe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rutendo Makore (born 30 September 1992) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a forward for the Zimbabwe women's national team.

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She represented her country in their Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

In the Olympic match versus Germany it was Makore who set up a goal that took their goalkeeper Almuth Schult by surprise. The ball was rebounded but Kudakwashe Basopo made it a goal leaving the score at 6–1 against Zimbabwe. [3]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 September 2017 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–04–0 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship
2.2–0
3.3–0
4.4–0
5.15 September 2017Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–11–1
6.17 September 2017Luveve Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1–03–3
7.2–0
8.3–1
9.21 September 2017Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1–04–0
10.24 September 2017Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–11–2
11.17 September 2018 Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–21–2 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship

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References

  1. 1 2 Rutendo Makore Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  2. Rutendo Makore FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. Behringer, Germany cruise past Zimbabwe in women’s soccer opener, Nicholas Mendola, 3 August 2016, NBC sports, Retrieved 5 August 2016