Tivonge Rushesha

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Tivonge Rushesha
Personal information
Full name Tivonge Sacha Rushesha [1]
Date of birth (2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 40
Youth career
Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Swansea City 0 (0)
2023– Reading 4 (0)
International career‡
2018 Wales U17 2 (0)
2023– Zimbabwe 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 16 March 2024 (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 EFL League One club Reading.

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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. [2]

Rushesha was released by Swansea on 30 June 2023. [3] However, on 4 August, he signed a one-year contract with League One club Reading. [4] On 4 July 2024, Rushesha signed a new one-year contract with Reading. [5]

International career

Rushesha was born in Zimbabwe, but moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 2003. [6] He has represented Wales at the under-17 level. In October 2018 he played against Kazakhstan and Portugal in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers.

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. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2019–20 Championship 0000100010
2020–21 0000000000
2021–22 0000000000
2022–23 0000000000
Total0000100010
Reading 2023–24 League One 4020203 [lower-alpha 1] 0110
Career total40203030120
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Swansea 6–0 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Swansea City confirm retained list ahead of 2023-24 season | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Reading bring in free-agent midfielder Rushesha". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "RUSHESHA RETURNS TO READING!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Welsh Wonderkid.. The latest teenage star we've donated to the world". The Herald. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Final 23". twitter.com/online_zifa. Zimbabwe Football Association Twitter. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Wales - T. Rushesha - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.


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