Cynthia Shonga (born 18 June 2000) is a Zimbabwean
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for
Harare City Queens FC and the
Zimbabwe women's national team.
Club career
Shonga began playing football at the age of 11.
She played for
Harare City
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
in Zimbabwe.
International career
Shonga capped for Zimbabwe at senior level during two
COSAFA Women's Championship
The COSAFA Women's Championship is an association football tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa have won the most titles with seven wins. Zimbabwe won the ...
editions (
2020
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and
2021
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).
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References
2000 births
Living people
Zimbabwean women's footballers
Women's association football goalkeepers
Zimbabwe women's international footballers
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