Milton Ncube (born 4 March 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional

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who plays as a left-back or

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for Wellingborough Whitworth. He has represented the Zimbabwe national team internationally.

Club career

Ncube started his career with Shooting Stars in 2008, before moving to Motor Action two years later. After another two years with Motor Action, during which he won the 2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League title, he departed the club to sign for Highlanders before subsequently moving to a club outside of Zimbabwe for the first time when he agreed to join Ajax Cape Town of South Africa in 2014. On 8 July 2016, he was released by Ajax Cape Town.

International career

In January 2014, coach

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, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe national team squad for the

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. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil. He made seven appearances at the 2014 African Nations Championship, in total Ncube has played for Zimbabwe 11 times and scored one goal (versus Gabon).

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ncube goal.''

Honours

Motor Action * Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League: 2010 Highlanders * Mbada Diamonds Cup: 2013 Ajax Cape Town *

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* 1987 births Living people Zimbabwean footballers Association football forwards Association football fullbacks Zimbabwe international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Shooting Stars F.C. (Zimbabwe) players Motor Action F.C. players Highlanders F.C. players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players How Mine F.C. players CAPS United players Harare City F.C. players Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate footballers in England Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in England Zimbabwe A' international footballers {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub