Francis Chandida (born 28 May 1979) is a former Zimbabwean football midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001-2002 | Shabanie Mine F.C. | ||
2003-2004 | Dynamos F.C. | ||
2005-2006 | Buymore FC | ||
International career | |||
2001-2006 | Zimbabwe MNT | 19 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He has been capped for the Zimbabwean national team. He scored the winning goal in the 2005 COSAFA Cup, and was in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He was an influential figure in the Zimbabwe national team in the mid-2000s
Chandida played for Shababie Mine from 2000 to 2002 and he won the Bp league Cup and played in the zifa unity cup final with the asbestos miners. In 2002 he joined Dynamos for a record ZW$4.5 million,he played for 2 seasons before he joined another Harare based outfit Buymore. Despite playing all the qualifying games for Tunisia Afcon 2004 tournament, Chandida missed out on the final selection for the tournament. In 2006 he was part of the final squad for the afcon tournament.
Clubs
edit- 2001–2002: Shabanie Mine FC
- 2003–2004: Dynamos FC
- 2005–2006: Buymore FC
References
edit- Francis Chandida – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Francis Chandida at National-Football-Teams.com