Milton Ncube
Zimbabwean footballer (born 1987)
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Milton Ncube (born 4 March 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or forward for Wellingborough Whitworth. He has represented the Zimbabwe national team internationally.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Harare City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Shooting Stars | ? | (?) |
| 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– date | Whitworth | 92 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014– | Zimbabwe | 11 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2016 | |||
Club career
Ncube started his career with Shooting Stars 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 career
In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe national team 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 seven 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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | 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[a] | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2015–16[3] | Premier Soccer League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 1[a] | 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 | ||
- Appearance in CAF Champions League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 1 | |
- As of 27 June 2016[3][9]
- Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ncube goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 January 2014 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Gabon | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
