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an football player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe, Switzerland and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team.

Career

He came to prominence in Zimbabwe while playing for popular Harare outfit, Dynamos, where he was top goal scorer for five seasons. Takawira was the top scorer in the Zimbabwean First Division three times and won the African Golden Boot in 1994. He signed with Major League Soccer in 1996, and was allocated to

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(later Wizards). Takawira spent the next four years with Kansas City, playing 110 times, with 29 goals scored and 19 assists in the league. After goals, he would often celebrate with the ''Digital Crawl'', where he would get down and walk on all fours as teammates joined in. After leaving MLS, Takawira moved down to the A-League, where he played for Milwaukee Rampage and Milwaukee Wave United. He was named A-League MVP in 2000 and helped Rampage to the league title in 2002. For Zimbabwe, Takawira played from 1992–1999, and scored 12 goals in 26 appearances.

References

1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwean expatriate footballers Zimbabwe international footballers Sporting Kansas City players USL First Division players Milwaukee Rampage players Milwaukee Wave United players Dynamos F.C. players Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Association football forwards {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub