Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjani playing for Manchester City in 2008
|
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Mwaruwari | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Air Zimbabwe Jets | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | Jomo Cosmos | 45 | (20) |
| 2001–2002 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2002–2006 | Auxerre | 72 | (19) |
| 2006–2008 | Portsmouth | 70 | (19) |
| 2008–2010 | Manchester City | 23 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Sunderland (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Portsmouth | 18 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Chippa United | 9 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Bidvest Wits | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 302 | (68) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2010 | Zimbabwe | 31 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
Benjamin Mwaruwari (born 13 August 1978), often known simply as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Having started his career with Jomo Cosmos, Benjani moved to Europe in 2001 to join Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zürich before moving to Auxerre a year later. He signed with Premier League club Portsmouth in 2006, then went on to play in England's top flight for Manchester City, Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers before returning to Portsmouth in 2011. The following year, he returned to South Africa with Chippa United and then Bidvest Wits.
Benjani played a total 31 times for the Zimbabwe national team and was its captain for many of those matches. A member of the squad at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, he retired from international football in October 2010 to concentrate on his club career.
Benjani began his career at Lulu Rovers, Highlanders FC Juniors, Zimba Africa Rivers, University of Zimbabwe teams in Zimbabwe's Division one and Air Zimbabwe Jets in the country's Premier League in 1999. He moved to South African club Jomo Cosmos in 1999 where he met his mentor Jomo Sono, after impressing in the friendly match between South Africa and Zimbabwe that was played to commemorate the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as the president of South Africa.
...
Wikipedia