Mrisho Khalfani juma Ngasa (born 5 May 1989) is a Tanzanian professional

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who plays for Tanzanian Championship League club Ndanda. He is the Tanzania national team most-capped player and top goalscorer.

Club career

In April 2009, Ngasa was invited for a trial with English

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side

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. On 21 May 2010, Ngassa joined Azam FC for $40,000 from

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. It was the biggest transfer in Tanzanian football to date. In July 2011, Ngassa went on trial with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, and came on as a substitute against Manchester United in a friendly match. At the beginning of August 2012, Ngasa signed for

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, on loan. Following the 2012–13 Tanzanian Premier League season, after his contract with Azam FC had expired, on 20 May 2013 Ngassa signed a two-year contract with the league and cup title holders

. In 2015, Ngasa signed a four-year contract with

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, a South African-based club. He then signed for Fanja in Oman. In 2016 Ngasa signed a two-year contract with Mbeya City in Tanzania. Ngasa then joined Ndanda, also in Tanzania.

International career

Ngasa was the top scorer in the

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with five goals as Tanzania finished fourth in the tournament. He is one of the top scorers of 2014 CAF champions league with two hat tricks making a totality of six goals. Ngasa played 100 games between 2006 and 2015, scoring 25 goals in the process. He is the Tanzania national team's most-capped player and all-time top goalscorer.

Personal life

Ngasa is the son of Khalfan Ngasa, a former Tanzanian international footballer who played as a

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. Ngassa is among of talented players in Tanzania who impressed many coaches and scouts around the world, among of famous coaches who was impressed by his talent was

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, the former Chelsea and Italian national team player, who was working as the manager of

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Tanzania's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Young Africans *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 *Tusker Cup: 2007, 2009 ;Azam * Kagame Interclub Cup runner-up:

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Individual *

Best Player: 2009–10 *Tanzania Premier League Golden Boot: 2010–11 *

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Golden Boot: 2009 * Africa Champions league Golden Boot: 2013–14 * VPL Best Player of the Month: April 2015

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