Leonard "Aghahowa" Tsipa (born 25 January 1982) is an international

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striker that plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League side

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Club career

In 2002, together with his CAPS teammate

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, he went to

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, to play with

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. They played in the

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but the club finished 12th and was consequently relegated to the second league for the following season. After not getting much chances to play, both returned to

, where they achieved major success by winning, in 2004 and 2005, the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League titles. He played most of his career with CAPS, the exceptions were only his spell in Serbia in 2003, and when he played one season in 2008 with previous year Zimbabwean champions

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managing to finish that season runners-up, however the goal that season was the

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where they reached the record semi-finals in 2008 edition. For the 2011 season he moved to the 2010 Zimbabwean champions

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In 2015, he moved back at Caps United fc and he still in Caps United to date. Tsipa usually plays as a striker or as a winger.

National team

By May 2011 Leonard Tsipa has played five matches for the Zimbabwean national team and scored one goal.

Honours

;CAPS United * Zimbabwe Premier League (3): 2004, 2005, 2016 * Zimbabwean Cup (1): 2004 ;Dynamos Harare *

semi-finals:

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References

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Leonard Tsipa
at Srbijafudbal 1982 births Living people Footballers from Harare Zimbabwean men's footballers Zimbabwe men's international footballers CAPS United players Dynamos F.C. players FK Javor Ivanjica players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub