Tivonge Rushesha

Tivonge Rushesha

Personal information
Full name	Tivonge Sacha Rushesha [1]
Date of birth	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Reading
Number	14
Youth career
	Swansea City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2023	Swansea City	0	(0)
2023–	Reading	22	(0)
International career‡
2018	Wales U17	2	(0)
2023–	Zimbabwe	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Tivonge Sacha Rushesha (born 24 July 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Reading.

Club career

Rushesha made his Swansea City debut on 28 August 2019 as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United. ^[3]

Rushesha was released by Swansea on 30 June 2023. ^[4] However, on 4 August 2023, Rushesha signed a one-year contract with League One club Reading. ^[5] On 4 July 2024, Rushesha signed a new one-year contract with Reading, ^[6] signing another one-year contract the following summer, on 1 July 2025. ^[7]

International career

Rushesha was born in Zimbabwe but moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 2003. ^[8] He has represented Wales at the under-17 level, playing against Kazakhstan and Portugal in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers in October 2018.

On 13 November 2023, Rushesha was named in the final squad for Zimbabwe's first two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria ^[9] but didn't play in either game as he was still awaiting his Zimbabwean passport. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025 ^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Swansea City	2019–20	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022–23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Reading	2023–24	League One	4	0	2	0	2	0	3 [a]	0	11	0
	2024–25		18	0	2	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	22	0
	Total		22	0	4	0	2	0	5	0	33	0
Career total			22	0	4	0	3	0	5	0	34	0

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/tivonge-rushesha_prs564851/person.shtml
3. "Swansea 6–0 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
4. "Swansea City confirm retained list ahead of 2023-24 season | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
5. "Reading bring in free-agent midfielder Rushesha". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
6. "RUSHESHA RETURNS TO READING!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
7. "RUSHESHA SIGNS NEW ROYALS DEAL". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
8. "Welsh Wonderkid.. The latest teenage star we've donated to the world". The Herald. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
9. "Final 23". twitter.com/online_zifa. Zimbabwe Football Association Twitter. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
10. "Revealed: Why Tivonge Rushesha was not part of Warriors matchday squads for Rwanda, Nigeria games". Soccer24. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
11. "Wales - T. Rushesha - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

• Tivonge Rushesha at Soccerway
• Tivonge Rushesha at Soccerbase