Honour Gombami (born 9 January 1983) is a Zimbabwean former professional

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player. He is a member of the Zimbabwe national football team. Cercle's new head coach De Boeck was quite immediately impressed by Gombami's skills. He even stated that in the future he saw Gombami playing for

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, De Boeck's former team and Belgium's most notable top team. Rumours were going that Anderlecht had approached Gombami for a transfer in May 2008. However, Anderlecht manager

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denied this. Gombami lives together with his teammate

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in an apartment in Bruges. They both recommended Obadiah Tarumbwa to the Cercle management. In December 2010, Gombami was severely injured in a match against

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. It took 15 months for Gombami to make his comeback. In the summer of 2012, Gombami signed for Belgian Second Division team

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. He then played three years for Izegem, and retired in 2016.

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* * 1983 births Living people People from Gwanda Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwe men's international footballers Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Men's association football forwards Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Sportspeople from Matabeleland South Province Highlanders F.C. players Royal FC Mandel United players {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub