Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1969-07-04) 4 July 1969 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AmaZulu F.C. (ass't) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Circle United | 22 | (1) |
1993 | Black Aces Harare | 30 | (2) |
1993–2005 | Umtata Bush Bucks | 376 | (28) |
Total | 428 | (31) | |
International career | |||
1993–2001 | Zimbabwe | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2010 |
William Mugeyi (born 4 July 1969) is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Bush Bucks in South Africa. He is the twin brother of Zimbabwean footballer Wilfred Mugeyi.
Career
Born in Salisbury (now Harare), Mugeyi had a 13-year club football career, spending most of it playing as a left back alongside his twin brother in the South African Premier Division with Umtata Bush Bucks. He won the Zimbabwean league with Black Aces in 1992 before moving to South Africa with Bush Bucks in 1993.
Mugeyi made several appearances for the Zimbabwe national football team, including twelve FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He helped Zimbabwe win the 2000 COSAFA Cup, scoring twice in the final against Lesotho.
References
- "Mugeyi Retires". The Herald. 14 June 2005.
- Standard, The. "The untold story of Mugeyi twins". The Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Best of the Best – William Mugeyi". The Zimbabwean. 16 October 2012.
- William Mugeyi at National-Football-Teams.com
- William Mugeyi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1969 births
- Footballers from Harare
- Living people
- Zimbabwean men's footballers
- Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers
- Zimbabwe men's international footballers
- Bush Bucks F.C. players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Zimbabwean twins
- Men's association football defenders