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-Yogo" Makunike (24 January 1977 – 13 March 2004) was a

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an international football player.

Club career

Blessing Makunike started his career in 1997 with

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club

CAPS United F.C. CAPS United F.C. is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare. Formed in 1973, the team rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was formerly nicknamed the Manchester Road Boys because of their former address. The team's curre ...

, where he played until the end of the 2002 season. Together with his teammate,

Leonard Tsipa Leonard "Aghahowa" Tsipa (born 25 January 1982) is an international Zimbabwean football striker that plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League side CAPS United F.C. Club career In 2002, together with his CAPS teammate Blessing Makunike, h ...

, he then spent half a season with Serbian club

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, where international Zimbabwean footballer

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, together with other African players, helped them incorporate into the squad. However, he and Leonard went back to CAPS in the next summer, playing in the second semester of the 2003 Zimbabwean football season.

Car accident

On 13 March 2004, Blessing, together with two other players, Shingirai Alron and Gary Mashoko, and two supporters, burned to death when their car hit the pillar of the bridge and caught fire, the greatest loss of lives in a single incident in Zimbabwean football.CAPS players laid to rest
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Honours

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* Zimbabwe Premier League (1): 2004 * Zimbabwe Cup (3): 1997, 1998, 2004 * Independence Trophy (1): 1997

International career

From 1998 to 2001 he played eight matches for the

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having scored one goal.

References

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at Srbijafudbal. 1977 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwe international footballers CAPS United players FK Javor Ivanjica players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Association football defenders Road incident deaths in Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-footy-bio-stub