Kennedy Chihuri (born 2 April 1969) is a
Zimbabwe
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an retired
footballer
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. He played 200 matches in the
Czech First League
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, almost all of them for
FK Viktoria Žižkov
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. He was the first black player in the Czech league. He won the
Czech Cup
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The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...
with Žižkov in the 2000–01 season. Chihuri made 30 appearances for the
Zimbabwe national football team
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.
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Vďačný za desať rokov v strednej Európe
1969 births
Living people
Zimbabwean men's footballers
Zimbabwe men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Chapungu United F.C. players
Czech First League players
SK Slavia Prague players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
1. FC Tatran Prešov players
Slovak First Football League players
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
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