Norman Mapeza
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Norman Takanyariwa Mapeza | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) |
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| Position(s) | defender / midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Zimbabwe | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Arrows F.C. | |||
| chitungwiza juniors | |||
| Darryn Textiles F.C. | |||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2001 | Zimbabwe | 92 | |
Norman Takanyariwa Mapeza (born 12 April 1972 in Salisbury, Rhodesia – now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a football coach. He played as defender and midfielder position.
In 2012, he was suspended from his job as Zimbabwe's national football team manager for alleged match-fixing.[1]
Mapeza began his playing career with Darryn Textiles F.C. in Harare. He moved to Europe to play with Sokół Pniewy in the Polish Ekstraklasa for the 1993–94 season.[2] Mapeza next played for several clubs in the Türkish Super Lig, including Galatasaray S.K., Ankaragücü, Altay S.K. and Malatyaspor.[3]
He was only the second Zimbabwean player to play in the UEFA Champions League,[4] appearing in the competition with Galatasaray in the 1990s.
Mapeza is also the Zimbabwe National Under 23 Head Coach and the current head coach for the Zimbabwe National Team.
Career
- 1993/94 Sokół Pniewy (Poland)
- 1994/95 Galatasaray (Turkey)
- 1995/96 Ankaragücü (Turkey)
- 1996/97 Altay S.K. (Turkey)
- 1997/98 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
- 1998/99 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
- 1999/00 Altay S.K. (Turkey)
- 2000/01 SV Ried im Innkreis (Austria)
- 2001/02 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
- 2002/03 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
- 2003/04 CAPS United (Zimbabwe)
- 2005/06 Ajax Cape Town (South Africa)
Personal life
Mapeza is married with a son (Michael Njabulo Mapeza)
References
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- ↑ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/sports/35407-open-letter-to-norman-mapeza.html
External links
- Norman Mapeza at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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