Talent Chawapiwa (born June 3, 1992) is a Zimbabwean professional

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who played as a winger for the Zimbabwe national team.

Club career

Chawapiwa's career started in 2013 with capital club

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, where he remained until 2016 when he completed a transfer to ZPC Kariba after rejecting a new contract from Harare. In early 2017, Chawapiwa joined

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. Seven months into the year, Chawapiwa left Zimbabwean football for the first time to join

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side Baroka. He made his debut on 19 August in a league game against

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. Chawapiwa scored his first professional goal on 29 October in a tie against

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in the

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signed Chawapiwa in January 2019. He scored in March versus

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International career

During his career, Chawapiwa has made twenty-six appearances and scored five goals for the Zimbabwe national team. He was selected by

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for the

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in Egypt.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Zimbabwe *

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;Baroka * Telkom Knockout:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chawapiwa, Talent 1992 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Zimbabwean men's footballers Zimbabwe men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League players South African Premier Division players Harare City F.C. players F.C. Platinum players Baroka F.C. players AmaZulu F.C. players Sekhukhune United F.C. players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Zimbabwe men's youth international footballers