Tivonge Rushesha
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tivonge Sacha Rushesha[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Swansea City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Reading | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Wales U17 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:07, 14 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Tivonge Sacha Rushesha (born 24 July 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Reading.
Rushesha made his Swansea City debut on 28 August 2019 as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United.[3]
Rushesha was released by Swansea on 30 June 2023.[4] However, on 4 August 2023, Rushesha signed a one-year contract with League One club Reading.[5] On 4 July 2024, Rushesha signed a new one-year contract with Reading,[6] signing another one-year contract the following summer, on 1 July 2025.[7]
International career
Rushesha was born in Zimbabwe but moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 2003.[8] He has represented Wales at the under-17 level, playing against Kazakhstan and Portugal in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers in October 2018.
On 13 November 2023, Rushesha was named in the final squad for Zimbabwe's first two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria[9] but didn't play in either game as he was still awaiting his Zimbabwean passport.[10]
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