Energy Murambadoro (nickname "Gokwe": born 27 June 1982 in

Gweru Gweru is a city in central Zimbabwe. Near the geographical centre of the country. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Northern Ndebele people, Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high ...

) is a former

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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 ...

. He has retired from international football with

. He has two children.

Club career

On 24 November 2009

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bolstered their goalkeeping department with the acquisition of Murambadoro. On 20 October 2012, he was one of sixteen players who were cleared of match fixing by the Zimbabwe Football Association. The following are the clubs that Energy played including the years and transfers: In 2003/2004 Energy left Caps United (Zimbabwe) and Joined Hellenics (South Africa) In 2004/2005 Energy left Hellenics (South Africa) and Joined Bnei Sakhnin (Israel) In 2005/2006 Energy left Joined Bnei Sakhnin (Israel) and Joined Caps United (Zimbabwe) In 2006/2007 Energy left Caps United (Zimbabwe) and Joined Hellenics (South Africa) In 2007/2008 Energy left Hellenics (South Africa) and Joined Caps United (Zimbabwe) In 2008/2009 Energy left Caps United (Zimbabwe) and Joined Bidvest Wits FC (South Africa) In 2009/2010 Energy left Bidvest Wits FC (South Africa) and Joined Black Ace (South Africa) In 2009/2010 Energy left Black Ace (South Africa) and Joined Bidvest Wits FC (South Africa) In 2012/2013 Energy left Bidvest Wits FC (South Africa) and from there he had no club. In 2014/2015 Energy joined Black Ace (South Africa)
In 2014/2015 Energy left Black Ace (South Africa) and AmaZulu FC (South Africa) In 2014/2015 Energy left AmaZulu FC (South Africa) and Black Ace (South Africa) In 2015/2016 Energy left Black Ace (South Africa) and AmaZulu FC (South Africa)

International career

He was a member of the Zimbabwean

2004 African Nations Cup The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He also participated at the

2006 African Nations Cup The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won ...

, with the same outcome. Famous Zimbabwe coach Sir Derek Nicholls regarded Energy as the best goalkeeper the nation has ever seen and nicknamed him Pat in goal.

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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Gweru Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Zimbabwe international footballers Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Bidvest Wits F.C. players Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players Hellenic F.C. players CAPS United players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players Israeli Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Association football goalkeepers {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub