Joseph Ngwenya
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Ngwenya | ||
| Date of birth | March 30, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Plumtree, Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Cape Cod Crusaders | 13 | (17) |
| 2004–2006 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 40 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | Columbus Crew | 25 | (5) |
| 2007 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | (7) |
| 2008 | Austria Kärnten | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Antalyaspor | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | (1) |
| 2011 | D.C. United | 16 | (0) |
| 2013 | Richmond Kickers | 20 | (9) |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 20 | (1) |
| Total | 183 | (45) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Zimbabwe | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 16, 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 30, 2011 |
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Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree) is a Zimbabwean footballer.
Ngwenya attended the Mzilikazi High School in Bulawayo, leading them to the 1999 Zimbabwe National High School Championship, before moving to the United States in 2000 to attend and play college soccer at Coastal Carolina University. He led the NCAA in scoring with 21 goals and 14 assists and was named a First Team All-American in 2003.
During his college years he also played in the USL Premier Development League for Cape Cod Crusaders who he led to a PDL title, scoring with 17 goals in 13 games.
Ngwenya was drafted third overall of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. In his first year with the Galaxy, he played at both forward and midfield and finished the year with four goals in 22 games, most of them coming off the bench. In his second year, he was bothered by injury did not score a goal or an assist. Ngwenya was involved in a 4-person trade on May 12, 2006, which sent him to the Crew, for whom he would play 20 games and score five goals in 2006.
In the period following the 2006 season, Ngwenya went on trial at Getafe in the Spanish first division, but failed to earn a contract. He was traded to Houston Dynamo during the 2007 season for Alejandro Moreno. Ngwenya scored the game tying goal in the 2007 MLS Cup Final which Houston won 2–1 at RFK Stadium.
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