Ranga Chivaviro (born 21 November 1992) is a South African

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player who plays for

South African Premier Division The South African Premiership, also known as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship reasons, and commonly referred to as the PSL after its governing body, is a professional soccer league in South Africa and the highest level of the South Afric ...

side

Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) is a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premiership. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Kings" or "Chiefs" in Zu ...

, as a

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. He was born in

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

, to a South African mother and a Zimbabwean father.

Club career

Chivaviro played for

Witbank Spurs Witbank Spurs are a South African football (soccer) club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that competes in the Premier Soccer League's National First Division. History The club was formed in 1962 as Eastern Rangers Football Club. In 1975, the club wa ...

Cape Town All Stars All Stars is a South African football club based in Johannesburg. The club was founded as Cape Town All Stars in 2010, and played their home games at the Athlone Stadium. They dissolved after selling their National First Division league status t ...

and Ubuntu Cape Town, before signing for

side Baroka in the summer of 2018. After spending part of the 2019–20 season on loan at TS Sporting, he was released by Baroka at the end of the season. In March 2021, Chivaviro signed for Kosovar side

KF Trepça '89 Klubi Futbollistik Trepça '89, commonly known as Trepça '89, is a professional football club based in Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club plays in the First Football League of Kosovo, which is the second tier of football in the country. History Ruda ...

. He left the club at the end of the season. In September 2021, he returned to South Africa and signed with Venda FA. He left the club in June 2022. In August 2022, Chivaviro joined

Marumo Gallants Marumo Gallants is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, Free State, where they relocated after purchasing the status from Moroka Swallows. They currently play in the 2024–25 Premiership. They played in the Premiership for tw ...

and was part of the Gallants side that progressed to the

2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ...

semi-finals. In the first leg of their quarter-final, Gallants drew 1–1 against Pyramids in Cairo. Chivaviro gave Gallants a 1–0 lead early in the second half, but Pyramids drew level with a stoppage time penalty. In the return leg in South Africa, Gallants won 1–0 to secure their semi-final place. Gallants took on 2021–22

Tanzanian Premier League The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is a top-level Tanzania, Tanzanian professional association football, football league, governed by the Tanzania Premier league Board, TPLB under Tanzania Football Federation. History The league was first or ...

champions

Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club (commonly referred to as Yanga) is a Tanzanian professional football club based at Jangwani ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club plays their home games at the 60,000-c ...

in the two legged semi-finals. In the first leg in Tanzania on May 10, Young Africans took a 2–0 first leg lead with two goals in the second half. Ahead of the return leg, Chivaviro and Young Africans' Fiston Kalala Mayele are currently the

's joint top goalscorers, with five goals each. On 30 June 2023, it was announced that Chivaviro had signed for

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