Milton Ncube

Milton Ncube (born March 4, 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a left-back and forward for Wellingborough Whitworth. He has represents Zimbabwe internationally.[1][2]

Milton Ncube

Personal information
Full name	Milton Ncube
Date of birth	(1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Left-back / Forward
Club information
Current team	Harare City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Shooting Stars F.C.	?	(?)
2010–2012	Motor Action	?	(?)
2012–2014	Highlanders	?	(?)
2014–2016	Ajax Cape Town	20	(1)
2016–2018	How Mine	?	(?)
2018–2019	CAPS United	?	(?)
2019–	Harare City	?	(?)
2019–	Whitworth	1	(1)
National team^‡
2014–	Zimbabwe	11	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2016

Career

Club

Ncube started his career with Shooting Stars F.C. in 2008, before moving to Motor Action two years later. After another two years with Motor Action, during which he won the 2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League title, he departed the club to sign for Highlanders before subsequently moving to a club outside of Zimbabwe for the first time when he agreed to join Ajax Cape Town of South Africa in 2014.[3][4][5] On 8 July 2016, he was released by Ajax Cape Town.[6]

International

In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil.[7][8] He made 7 appearances at the 2014 African Nations Championship, in total Ncube has played for Zimbabwe 11 times and scored one goal (versus Gabon).[3][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 June 2016.[3]

Statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental[lower-alpha 3]		Other[lower-alpha 4]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax Cape Town	2014–15[3]	Premier Soccer League	11	1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	11	1
	2015–16[3]	Premier Soccer League	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
	Total		20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	1
Career total			20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	1

1. Includes the Nedbank Cup
2. Includes the Telkom Knockout
3. Includes the CAF Champions League
4. Includes the MTN 8

International

As of 27 June 2016.[3][9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Zimbabwe	2013	5	0
	2014	10	1
	2015	1	0
2016	0	0
Total		16	1

International goals

As of 27 June 2016. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.[3][9]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 January 2014	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Gabon	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Motor Action

• Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (1): 2010[3]

Highlanders

• Mbada Diamonds Cup (1): 2013[10]

Ajax Cape Town

• MTN 8 (1): 2015[3]

References

1. "Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Chan tournament". newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
2. "Zimbabwe name final squad for CHAN tournament". cosafa.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
3. "Milton Ncube profile". Soccerway. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
4. "One on one with Milton Ncube". Sport Brief. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
5. "Ajax New Signings Announced". Ajax Cape Town. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
6. Jones, Seraj (8 July 2016). "Ajax Cape Town release Zimbabwean international Milton Ncube". Kick Off.
7. "CHAN 2014: awards and team of the CHAN". en.starafrica.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
8. "Articles tagged 'warriors'". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
9. "Milton Ncube profile". World Football. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
10. "Zimbabwe 2013". RSSSF. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

External links

• Milton Ncube at Footballdatabase