William Mugeyi (born 4 July 1969) 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 ...

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who last played for

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in South Africa. He is the twin brother of Zimbabwean footballer

Wilfred Mugeyi Wilfred Mugeyi (born 4 July 1969) is a Zimbabwean former footballer whose last job was coach at South African Premier Soccer League club AmaZulu FC. During his playing days he was known as "Silver Fox" for the way he stole un-noticed behind oppo ...

Career

Born in

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(now

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 ...

), Mugeyi had a 13-year club football career, spending most of it playing as a

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alongside his twin brother in the

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with Umtata Bush Bucks. He won the Zimbabwean league with Black Aces in 1992 before moving to South Africa with Bush Bucks in 1993. Mugeyi made several appearances for the

Zimbabwe national football team The Zimbabwe national football team (Nicknamed ''The Warriors''), represents Zimbabwe in men's international football and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), formerly known as the Football Association of Rhodesia. The tea ...

, including twelve

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qualifying matches. He helped Zimbabwe win the

2000 COSAFA Cup The 2000 COSAFA Cup is the 4th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from COSAFA. Zimbabwe beat Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, e ...

, scoring twice in the final against

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mugeyi, William 1969 births Sportspeople from Harare Living people Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Zimbabwe international footballers Bush Bucks F.C. players Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Zimbabwean twins Twin sportspeople Association football defenders