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Zimbabwean Football: Greatest Players

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Zimbabweans are very passionate athletes. The government pays a lot of attention to encouraging people to be more active, do sports, attend gyms and sports classes. It's very helpful for the nation to be healthy and work productively on the country's well-being.

There are a wide variety of sports activities in Zimbabwe, like cricket, golf, swimming, field hockey, and football, of course. Zimbabwe has 2 famous and professional football leagues - the Zimbabwe Football Association and the CBZ's Premier League.
 
Young citizens have lots of opportunities to enter the leagues and be athletes. The sports industry also provides the nation with working places in the industry and keeps it healthy.

Zimbabweans are passionate sports fans too. Sports betting is one of the forms of being a part of international sports events like the AFCON or FIFA, for example. Wagering is legal in Zimbabwe with plenty of opportunity to safely bet on favorite sports online.

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Football takes one of the important roles in the development of the sports industry. It's the most popular one in Zimbabwe, and the team, the Chipolopolo, which means the "Copper Bullets", is known in the international football community.

Besides the team-famous football teams like Liverpool, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Zimbabwean Chipolopolo has also outstanding and significant players who are considered as the most legendary football players in Zimbabwe.

Below you can detect some of them who can be regarded as the best players of all time.

Forwards

George Shaya was named as the football star of the year 5 times and played as a forward in the period of the 1960-70s.

Peter Ndlovu is a former forward. He scored 37 goals for the national team and 90 goals during his entire career.

Shacky Tauro is also one of the notable football players. He played for the CAPS United and won the football star award in 1979.

Defenders

Norman Mapeza is one of the most famous defenders. He played for the Warriors and scored 52 goals in his career. Mapeza took part in 3 Africa Cup of Nations.

Goalkeepers

Bruce Grobbelaar is one of the Zimbabwean athletes who became famous not only in his homeland but also abroad. He played for Liverpool and Zimbabwe and helped his national team to win 32 caps.

Midfielders

Moses Chunga is a marvellous football player who had a record of 46 scored goals during only one season. He also became the winner of the Premier Soccer League.

Desmond Maringwa is a former football player who is now the president of the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ). Maringwa was a captain of Dynamos and became a winner of the Premier Soccer League 4 times.

Closing Words

These examples of significant athletes show the greatness of Zimbabwean football and its potential to develop. Nowadays, Zimbabwe pays much attention to European and British leagues in order to gain experience and get new training systems for the athletes.


Source - Byo24News