Kennedy Chihuri

Kennedy Chihuri (born 2 April 1969) is a retired Zimbabwean footballer who played 200 matches in the Czech Gambrinus Liga, almost all of them for FK Viktoria Žižkov. He was the first black player in the Czech league.[1] He won the Czech Cup with Žižkov in the 2000–01 season.[2] Chihuri made 30 appearances for the Zimbabwe national football team.[3]

Kennedy Chihuri
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-04-02) 2 April 1969
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1986 CAPS United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 Chapungu United
1994–1996 Tatran Prešov 49 (6)
1996 Slavia Prague 4 (0)
1997–2004 Viktoria Žižkov 196 (26)
National team
1994–2003 Zimbabwe 30 (-)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. Bouc, František (1 November 2006). "Race Card". Prague Post. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  3. White, Nicolas (14 January 2005). "Chihuri wants to go home". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2008.


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