Sunday Chidzambwa

Sunday Chidzambwa

Personal information
Full name	Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa
Date of birth	(1952-05-04) 4 May 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Dynamos
International career
	Zimbabwe
Managerial career
	Dynamos
2003–2004	Zimbabwe
2004	Umtata Bush Bucks
2007	Zimbabwe
2008–2010	Zimbabwe
2010	Free State Stars
2010–2012	Black Leopards
2017–2019	Zimbabwe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean association football coach and former player.

Early and personal life

He was born in Enkeldoorn. [1] He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.[2] His younger brother Misheck was also a Zimbabwean international player who later became a coach.[3]

Career

Marimo played as a defender for Dynamos, with whom he won five league championships.^[citation needed]

He also played at international level for Zimbabwe, appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.[4]

After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Dynamos, the Zimbabwe national team (in 2004 at the 2004 African Cup of Nations[5] and 2007[6]), and South African team Umtata Bush Bucks, where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by Clemens Westerhof.[7] He was re-appointed manager of Zimbabwe in November 2008,[8] leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's Free State Stars.[9] Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,[10] later becoming manager of Black Leopards.[11] On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.[12] He was appointed as one of three Zimbabwe national team coaches in July 2017.[13] He resigned in July 2019.[14]

References

1. "Sunday Chidzambwa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
2. eDuzeNet. "Sunday 'Mhofu' Chidzambwa resigns". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
3. Herald, The. "Misheck Chidzambwa, Mussa unite". The Herald.
4. Sunday Chidzambwa – FIFA competition record (archived)
5. Steve Vickers (28 May 2004). "Marimo quits Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
6. John Mhunga (10 August 2007). "Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
7. "Marimo misses job". BBC Sport. 27 August 2007.
8. John Mhunga (19 November 2008). "Chidzambwa makes Warriors return". BBC Sport.
9. "Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. 4 May 2005.
10. Nkanyiso Moyo (20 September 2005). "Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State". New Zimbabwe.
11. Farirayi Kahwemba (13 September 2012). "Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test". Kickoff.
12. Moses Chibaye (20 October 2012). "Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans". The Zimbabwean. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
13. "Zimbabwe employ three national coaches". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
14. "Sunday Chidzambga resigns as Zimbabwe's national team coach". BBC Sport. 25 July 2019.