Milton Ncube

Milton Ncube
Personal information
Full name Milton Ncube
Date of birth (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left-back / Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Shooting Stars
2010–2012 Motor Action
2012–2014 Highlanders
2014–2016 Ajax Cape Town 20 (1)
National team
2014– Zimbabwe 11 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2016

Milton Ncube (born 4 July 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who last played as a left-back and forward for Ajax Cape Town. He has represents Zimbabwe internationally.[1][2]

Career

Club

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

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax Cape Town 2014–15[3] Premier Soccer League 111000000111
2015–16[3] Premier Soccer League 9000000010100
Total 20100000010211
Career total 20100000010211
  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 teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 2014101
201510
201600
Total111

International goals

As of 27 June 2016. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.[3][9]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 7 January 2014 Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Gabon 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Motor Action
Highlanders
Ajax Cape Town

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. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. "Articles tagged 'warriors'". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "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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