Tafadzwa Rusike (born 7 May 1989 in
Harare
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) is a
Zimbabwe
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an professional
footballer
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, who plays as a
winger for
ZESCO United
ZESCO United Football Club (simply often known as ZESCO) is a Zambian professional football club based in Ndola, that competes in the Zambia Super League. Founded in 1974, the team plays its home matches at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
The club i ...
.
Club career
CAPS United F.C.
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the
Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association. It was founded in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed ''Rhodesia National Football League.'' It is currently sponsored by Delta Beverages ...
for CAPS United F.C., signing with the club in January 2008, and finishing the 2007–08 season, Tafadzwa Rusike played for CAPS for the next two seasons, before transferring to the South African club Ajax Cape Town.
Ajax Cape Town
Tafadzwa Rusike made his professional debut in the
South African PSL for Ajax Cape Town on 27 August 2010 in a 2–0 win against
Bloemfontein Celtic
Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African soccer club based in Bloemfontein.
Bloemfontein Celtic had a large fan base in the Free State and competed in the Premiership before selling their status to Royal ...
at
Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. He was acquired by Ajax Cape Town in the summer of 2010 as a transfer from Zimbabwean club
CAPS United F.C. Rusike was joined at Ajax by CAPS club mate
Khama Billiat, who had also transferred to the Cape club in the off-season. He played for three seasons with the team, and departed the Urban Warriors at the end of the
2012-13 season.
Dynamos
Tafadzwa Rusike has sign for
Dynamos.
International career
International goals
:''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''
Honours
Club
;Ajax Cape Town
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2010 Telkom Knockout: Finalist
References
Living people
1989 births
Zimbabwean men's footballers
Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers
Zimbabwe men's international footballers
CAPS United players
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
Dynamos F.C. players
Progresso Associação do Sambizanga players
Zanaco F.C. players
ZESCO United F.C. players
South African Premier Division players
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Zambia
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate men's footballers in Angola
Expatriate men's footballers in Zambia
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