Tafadzwa Rusike (born 7 May 1989 in
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
) is a
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 ...
an professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
, who plays as a
winger for
ZESCO United
ZESCO United Football Club (simply often known as ZESCO) is a Zambian professional football club based in Ndola in Zambia, that competes in the Zambia Super League, Founded in 1974. The team plays its home matches at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
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.
Club career
CAPS United F.C.
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the
Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League for CAPS United F.C., signing with the club in January 2008, and finishing the 2007-08 season, Tafadzwa Rusike played for CAPS for the next two seasons, before transferring to the South African club Ajax Cape Town.
Ajax Cape Town
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the
South African PSL for Ajax Cape Town on 27 August 2010 in a 2-0 win against
Bloemfontein Celtic
Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African amateur football club based in Bloemfontein that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of the South African football league system. Bloemfontein Celtic has ...
at
Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. He was acquired by Ajax Cape Town in the summer of 2010 as a transfer from Zimbabwean club
CAPS United F.C.
CAPS United F.C. is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare. Formed in 1973, the team rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was formerly nicknamed the Manchester Road Boys because of their former address. The team's curre ...
Rusike was joined at Ajax by CAPS club mate
Khama Billiat
Khama Billiat (born 19 August 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division club Kaizer Chiefs.
Club career CAPS United FC
Billiat first played for CAPS United FC under coach Lloyd ...
, who had also transferred to the Cape club in the off-season. He played for three seasons with the team, and departed the Urban Warriors at the end of the
2012-13 season.
Dynamos
Tafadzwa Rusike has sign for
Dynamos.
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International career
International goals
:''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''
Honours
Club
;Ajax Cape Town
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2010 Telkom Knockout: Finalist
References
External links
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Living people
1989 births
Zimbabwean footballers
Zimbabwean expatriate footballers
Zimbabwe men's international footballers
CAPS United players
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
Dynamos F.C. players
Progresso Associação do Sambizanga players
Zanaco F.C. players
ZESCO United F.C. players
South African Premier Division players
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Zambia
Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate footballers in Angola
Expatriate footballers in Zambia
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