Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean association football coach and former player.

Sunday Chidzambwa
Personal information
Full name Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa
Date of birth (1952-05-04) 4 May 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dynamos
International career
Zimbabwe
Managerial career
Dynamos
2003–2004 Zimbabwe
2004 Umtata Bush Bucks
2007 Zimbabwe
2008–2010 Zimbabwe
2010 Free State Stars
2010–2012 Black Leopards
2017–2019 Zimbabwe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early and personal life edit

He was born in Enkeldoorn. [1] He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.[2] His younger brother Misheck was also a Zimbabwean international player who later became a coach.[3]

Career edit

Marimo played as a defender for Dynamos, with whom he won five league championships.[citation needed]

He also played at international level for Zimbabwe, appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.[4]

After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Dynamos, the Zimbabwe national team (in 2004 at the 2004 African Cup of Nations[5] and 2007[6]), and South African team Umtata Bush Bucks, where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by Clemens Westerhof.[7] He was re-appointed manager of Zimbabwe in November 2008,[8] leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's Free State Stars.[9] Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,[10] later becoming manager of Black Leopards.[11] On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.[12] He was appointed as one of three Zimbabwe national team coaches in July 2017.[13] He resigned in July 2019.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "Sunday Chidzambwa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ eDuzeNet. "Sunday 'Mhofu' Chidzambwa resigns". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ Herald, The. "Misheck Chidzambwa, Mussa unite". The Herald.
  4. ^ Sunday ChidzambwaFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ Steve Vickers (28 May 2004). "Marimo quits Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ John Mhunga (10 August 2007). "Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Marimo misses job". BBC Sport. 27 August 2007.
  8. ^ John Mhunga (19 November 2008). "Chidzambwa makes Warriors return". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. 4 May 2005.
  10. ^ Nkanyiso Moyo (20 September 2005). "Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State". New Zimbabwe.
  11. ^ Farirayi Kahwemba (13 September 2012). "Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test". Kickoff.
  12. ^ Moses Chibaye (20 October 2012). "Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans". The Zimbabwean. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Zimbabwe employ three national coaches". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Sunday Chidzambga resigns as Zimbabwe's national team coach". BBC Sport. 25 July 2019.