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Milton Ncube
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back, forward
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2016

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]

Club career

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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

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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

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Club

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As of 27 June 2016[3]
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
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
  1. ^ a b Appearance in MTN 8
  2. ^ Appearance in CAF Champions League

International

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As of 27 June 2016[3][9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.
List of international goals scored by Milton Ncube
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 January 2014 Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Gabon 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

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Motor Action

Highlanders

Ajax Cape Town

References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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. ^ a b c "Milton Ncube profile". World Football. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe 2013". RSSSF. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.


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