Tatenda Mkuruva

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Tatenda Mkuruva
Personal information
Full name Tatenda Marshal Mkuruva
Date of birth (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Michigan Stars
Number 16
Youth career
2007–2008 Budiriro Gunners FC
2008–2012 Dynamos Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Dynamos 68 (0)
2017–2018 Cape Town City 12 (0)
2018–2019 Buildcon 20 (0)
2019– Michigan Stars 20 (1)
International career‡
2012 Zimbabwe U17 11 (0)
2013 Zimbabwe U20 9 (0)
2015 Zimbabwe U23 6 (0)
2015–2017 Zimbabwe 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 13, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2017

Tatenda Marshal Mkuruva (born 4 January 1996) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National Independent Soccer Association club Michigan Stars FC. He has also represented the Zimbabwe national team. [1]

Contents

Career

Youth career

Mkuruva began his career with Budiriro Gunners FC (2007-2008) in Harare and joined Dynamos Juniors 2008-2012.

Senior career

Dynamos

In 2013, Mkuruva joined Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League club Dynamos on a three-year contract. [2] [3] He made 23 league appearances.

Cape Town City

In February 2017, he joined Premier Soccer League club Cape Town City on a three-year contract. [4] [5]

Buildcon

On 2 January 2018, MTN/FAZ Super Division club Buildcon F.C confirmed that they had reached a deal with Mkuruva to sign on a year as free agent. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Michigan Stars

Mkuruva moved to America after a year in Zambia. In September 2019, he signed with Michigan Stars ahead of their inaugural season in the National Independent Soccer Association. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

International

Mkuruva represented Zimbabwe at the under-17, under-20 and under-23 level before making his senior debut in 2016. He represented Zimbabwe national team at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Honours

Club

Dynamos

Cape Town City

Individual

Dynamos

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References

  1. ↑ Tatenda Mkuruva at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Tatenda Mkuruva (Dynamos FC) - informace o Tatenda Mkuruva na EuroFotbalu".
  3. ↑ "Mukuruva Turns Saviour".
  4. ↑ "City sign Zimbabwean international goalkeeper". sport24.co.za. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "T. Mkuruva". besoccer.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "T. Mkuruva". flashscore.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Follow the money, go to Zambia".
  8. ↑ "Mkuruva blessed with baby".
  9. ↑ "MKURUVA DELIGHTED TO JOIN ZAMBIAN SIDE | Gemazo".
  10. ↑ "Roster | Michigan Stars FC".
  11. ↑ "Mkuruva reemerges in the U.S". 15 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Tatenda Mkuruva Extends Stay at Michigan Stars – Pindula News".
  13. ↑ "Tatenda Mkuruva resurfaces in the US". 15 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Michigan Stars retain Mkuruva". 20 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Which players will your team lose to Afcon?". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ "Pasuwa names 23-man Zimbabwe Afcon squad".
  17. ↑ "SENEGAL / ZIMBABWE 2-0 : d'Une pierre deux coups". 20 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "CAN : La fiche du Zimbabwe".
  19. ↑ https://dailynews.co.zw/articles-2017-01-06-strong-warriors-squad-for-afcon/ [ dead link ]
  20. ↑ "Pasuwa announces Warriors squad". 11 March 2016.


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