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Benjani testimonial line-up
01 May 2012 at 10:46hrs | Views
MORE than two dozen international stars will feature in Benjani Mwaruwari's testimonial match in Harare on May 26.
The former Jomo Cosmos, Auxerre, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Blackburn and Portsmouth striker was flying to Zimbabwe from England on Tuesday to prepare for the match to mark his international retirement.
Mwaruwari, 33, retired from international football in October 2010 after playing 44 times for Zimbabwe.
A team of some of the best known names in world football will play Zimbabwe at the National Sports Stadium.
Mwaruwari said on Monday he had received confirmations from top stars including Cameroon and Arsenal midfielder Alex Song, Ivory Coast stars Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray), Didier Drogba (Chelsea) and Kolo Toure (Manchester City), Togo and Tottenham forward Emmanuel Adebayor, South African midfielder Steven Pienaar and Ghana stars Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) and Michael Essien (Chelsea).
Warriors legend Peter Ndlovu, capped 100 times by his country, and the national team coach Norman Mapeza - who both played in Europe - will play in the main match, Mwaruwari said.
Partial list of international stars set to attend Benjani testimonial:
Christopher Samba (Congo & Anzhi), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray and Ivory Coast), John Utaka (Montpellier & Nigeria), Pascal Chimbonda (Doncaster Rovers & France), Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal), John Pantsil (Leicester City & Ghana), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Nigeria & Blackburn Rovers), Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria & Fulham), Kolo Toure (Manchester City & Ivory Coast), Stephen Appiah (Ghana and FK Vojvodina), Gelson Fernandes (Udinese & Switzerland), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth and South Africa), Steven Pienaar (Everton and South Africa), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth and Nigeria), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan & Ghana), Dennis Oliech (Kenya and Auxerre), El Hadji Diof (Doncaster & Senegal), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo and Tottenham), Samuel Kuffour, Lucas Radebe (South Africa), Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rigobert Song (Cameroon), Jomo Sono (South Africa), Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria)
The former Jomo Cosmos, Auxerre, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Blackburn and Portsmouth striker was flying to Zimbabwe from England on Tuesday to prepare for the match to mark his international retirement.
Mwaruwari, 33, retired from international football in October 2010 after playing 44 times for Zimbabwe.
A team of some of the best known names in world football will play Zimbabwe at the National Sports Stadium.
Warriors legend Peter Ndlovu, capped 100 times by his country, and the national team coach Norman Mapeza - who both played in Europe - will play in the main match, Mwaruwari said.
Partial list of international stars set to attend Benjani testimonial:
Christopher Samba (Congo & Anzhi), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray and Ivory Coast), John Utaka (Montpellier & Nigeria), Pascal Chimbonda (Doncaster Rovers & France), Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal), John Pantsil (Leicester City & Ghana), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Nigeria & Blackburn Rovers), Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria & Fulham), Kolo Toure (Manchester City & Ivory Coast), Stephen Appiah (Ghana and FK Vojvodina), Gelson Fernandes (Udinese & Switzerland), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth and South Africa), Steven Pienaar (Everton and South Africa), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth and Nigeria), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan & Ghana), Dennis Oliech (Kenya and Auxerre), El Hadji Diof (Doncaster & Senegal), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo and Tottenham), Samuel Kuffour, Lucas Radebe (South Africa), Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rigobert Song (Cameroon), Jomo Sono (South Africa), Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria)
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