Nyasha Mushekwi

Born in Harare, Mushekwi started out playing for CAPS United in his homeland Zimbabwe. He won the top scorer award after scoring 21 league goals for the Harare giants in 2009 season.

In 2010, he made the move to South African club Mamelodi Sundowns where he found immediate success when he became the second best goalscorer of the 2010–11 Premier Soccer League season.^[1] In April 2013, as his contract was nearing its end, Mamelodi Sundowns extended the deal with another year plus an option for an additional second year.^[2]

For the 2013–14 season, Mushekwi was sent on loan to Belgian club K.V. Oostende, but in February 2014 he suffered an injury from which he did not recover until November. Since his South African club had already used all its foreign player slots for the season, he could not be registered to play for them once he had recovered from injury.^[3] In an effort to find a new club in 2015, Mushekwi went on trial with Hobro IK in Denmark. However, he signed with Swedish club Djurgårdens IF, which contacted him while he was in Denmark and brought him to Sweden for a trial, resulting in a 6-month loan deal.^[4][5]

China

On 22 December 2015, Mushekwi transferred to China League One side Dalian Yifang.^[6] He was the top goal scorer in the team for 3 consecutive seasons. However, he suffered a few serious injuries later, from which his physical condition was affected.

In the 2017 season, he was once tackled brutally in the right leg, but volunteered to stay on the pitch, and scored an important goal.^[7] He eventually helped Yifang win the League One title. In 2018, he was not the preferred player at first competing with Nicolás Gaitán and Yannick Carrasco, but he won a position by continuous goals.^[8] He had pelvis injuries during the season.^[9][10] Again he tried to stay in the game after a heavy collision in the head with opponent goalkeeper.^[11] Overall, his strong spirit gained high reputation among local fans, and was regarded as one of the most important players in team history.^[12]

In the 2019 season, his performance was below expectation after the surgery. On 15 July 2019, Mushekwi joined China League One side Zhejiang Greentown.^[13] He would play a vital part as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.^[14]

On 1 March 2024, Mushekwi joined China League One club Yunnan Yukun.^[15]

On 27 December 2024, Mushekwi joined to fellow China League One club, Dalian K'un City from 2025 season.^[16]

Mushekwi is a member of the Zimbabwe national football team.^[17] He was involved in the Asiagate scandal but avoided a lifetime ban from international football after volunteering information in the investigation.^[18]

Mushekwi attended Churchill School where his main sport was basketball. He was voted the most valuable player of the Mashonaland Basketball Association League and represented Zimbabwe at under-19 and senior national team level in the sport.^[19][20]

Club

As of match played 28 May 2026.^[21][22]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CAPS United	2007	Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League	16	2	—		—		—		—		16	2
	2008	Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League	18	7	—		—		—		—		18	7
	2009	Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League	21	21	—		—		3[a]	0	—		24	21
	2010	Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League	13	5	—		—		4[a]	1	—		17	6
	Total		68	35	—		—		7	1	—		75	36
Mamelodi Sundowns	2010–11	South African Premier Division	27	14	1	0	2	1	—		1[b]	0	29	15
	2011–12	South African Premier Division	28	9	4	10	1	0	—		2[b]	0	35	19
	2012–13	South African Premier Division	25	5	3	0	4	0	—		2[b]	1	34	6
	Total		80	28	9	11	5	0	—		5	1	99	40
KV Oostende (loan)	2013–14	Belgian Pro League	20	2	5	1	—		—		—		25	3
Djurgårdens IF (loan)	2015	Allsvenskan	21	12	0	0	—		—		—		21	12
Dalian Yifang	2016	China League One	30	20	0	0	—		—		—		30	20
	2017	China League One	29	16	0	0	—		—		—		29	16
	2018	Chinese Super League	20	15	0	0	—		—		—		20	15
	2019	Chinese Super League	11	3	1	0	—		—		—		12	3
	Total		90	54	1	0	—		—		—		91	54
Zhejiang Greentown / Zhejiang FC	2019	China League One	13	7	0	0	—		—		—		13	7
	2020	China League One	13	6	0	0	—		—		2[c]	1	15	7
	2021	China League One	32	23	0	0	—		—		2[c]	0	34	23
	2022	Chinese Super League	31	18	2	0	—		—		—		33	18
	2023	Chinese Super League	29	18	0	0	—		6[d]	2	—		35	20
	Total		118	72	2	0	—		6	2	4	1	130	75
Yunnan Yukun	2024	China League One	30	25	0	0	—		—		—		30	25
Dalian K'un City	2025	China League One	28	18	0	0	—		—		—		28	18
	2026	China League One	8	3	0	0	—		—		—		8	3
	Total		36	21	0	0	—		—		—		36	21
Career total			463	249	17	12	5	0	13	3	9	3	507	266

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1. [a]

   All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
2. [b]

   All appearance(s) in MTN 8 Cup
3. [c]

   Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
4. [d]

   Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[23]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Zimbabwe	2009	2	2
	2010	6	2
	2011	3	0
	2012	–
	2013	–
	2014	–
	2015	1	0
	2016	3	1
	2017	4	1
	2018	–
	2019	3	0
Total		22	6

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Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mushekwi goal.

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List of international goals scored by Nyasha Mushekwi^[23]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 November 2009	Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zambia	1–1	3–1	2009 COSAFA Cup
2				2–1
3	17 November 2010	Estádio da Machava, Matola, Mozambique	Mozambique	2–0	3–1	Friendly
4				3–0
5	13 November 2016	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Tanzania	3–0	3–0	Friendly
6	15 January 2017	Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon	Algeria	2–1	2–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

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Dalian Yifang

• China League One: 2017^[24]

Yunnan Yukun

• China League One: 2024

Individual

• Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League top scorer: 2009^[25]