Cuthbert Malajila
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cuthbert Lifasi Malajila | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Eiffel Flats, Zimbabwe | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
Youth career | |||
Western Pirates | |||
Young Swallows | |||
2004 | David Whitehead | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Chapungu United | 29 | (15) |
2007–2008 | Highlanders | 42 | (16) |
2008–2010 | Dynamos | 20 | (12) |
2010–2011 | Club Africain | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Alakhdhar (loan) | ||
2011 | Dynamos | ||
2012–2013 | Maritzburg United | 41 | (15) |
2013– | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
International career | |||
2008– | Zimbabwe | 17 | (6[1]) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cuthbert Malajila (3 October 1985 in Eiffel Flats, Mashonaland West) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a forward for South African Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns.
Career
He started at Chapungu United[2] before moving in 2006 to Highlanders and then to Dynamos Harare.
While playing for Highlanders, he scored a hat-trick in a match against Masvingo, with Highlanders winning the match 4–0.[3] He won the Golden Boot in the top division of Zimbabwean football in 2007.[4]
Malajila had a trial at Belgian club Cercle Brugge, but it ended with the club declining to offer him a contract.[5] He returned to Zimbabwe and to Dynamos afterward, and stated that his focus would be on winning the Golden Boot and in helping his club.[6] He stated that his long-term dream was still on earning a transfer abroad.
The striker left in summer 2010 his native Zimbabwe and signed in August 2010 a professional contract of 3 years with the Tunisian side Club Africain.[7]
Cuthbert Malajila has become the first Zimbabwean to play professional football in Libya after signing for First Division side Al Akhdar on a six-month loan. [8]
22 January 2012, he completed his move to South African Premiership side Maritzburg United on Friday after the two parties agreed on a transfer fee for the player.[9]
International career
He has also made two appearances for the Zimbabwe national football team, both as a substitute.[10] He scored in one of those appearances.
References
- ↑ Cuthbert Malajila – FIFA competition record
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- 1985 births
- Zimbabwean footballers
- Living people
- People from Mashonaland West Province
- Zimbabwe international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Dynamos F.C. players
- Maritzburg United F.C. players
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- Zimbabwean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
- Zimbabwean expatriates in South Africa
- Club Africain players
- Expatriate footballers in Tunisia
- Expatriate footballers in Libya