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Uyoqeqesha elesizwe eZimbabwe owe-Orlando Pirates 

Umqeqeshi weqembu lenkulisa kwi-Orlando Pirates, uSimon Marange, useqokwe njengomqeqeshi omusha weqembu lesizwe laseZimbabwe labaneminyaka engaphansi kuka-20.

Inhlangano eyengamele ibhola kuleliya lizwe, iZimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) imemezele ukuqokwa kukaMarange kuleli sonto.

“IZifa iyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi uSimon Marange useqokwe ukuba ngumqeqetshi omutsha weqembu lesizwe labesilisa abaneminyaka engaphansi kuka-20 eZimbabwe.

“Njengamanje uSimon Marange usengumqeqeshi kwi-Orlando Pirates,” kusho lesi sitatimende seZifa.

“Ukhushulelwe kwele-Under 21 kwi-Orlando Pirates ayiqeqeshe kusukela ngo-2020 kuya ku-2023. 

“Phakathi kuka-2018 no-2020, uMarange wayengumqeqeshi ka-Under ka-U17 kwiPirates, wanqoba iFuture Champions.

“Wahlula i-Osasuna, i-Club Brugge ne-Spartak Moscow endleleni eya kowamanqamu kulo mqhudelwano. 

“Uza ebholeni laseZimbabwe, kanti ufika nolwazi lwakhe lokusebenza nabadlali abasebasha abasezingeni eliphezulu esigabeni sabo sokuthuthuka… 

“Lokhu kuhlanganisa nesinyathelo sokubasiza banyukele esigabeni sebhola elikhokhelayo.

“USimon Marange uzolekelelwa ngowayengumqeqetshi we-Aces Academy, uBacklyfield Chivenga.”

IZifa iphinde yamemezela ukuthi isiqoke owayengumqeqetshi weChippa United uNorman Mapeza ukuthi abe ngumqeqetshi weqembu lesizwe elikhulu, iWarriors.

“IZifa iyajabula ukwazisa ukuthi uNorman Mapeza useqokwe ukuba ngumqeqetshi wesikhashana weqembu lesizwe laseZimbabwe.

“Nguye ozobe esezintanjeni uma iqembu seliyodlala umqhudelwano wamaqembu amane eMalawi.

“Umqhudelwano ozodlalelwa eLilongwe kusukela mhla ngo-Ephreli 18 kuya ku-26, uhlanganisa osokhaya iMalawi, Kenya, Zambia neZimbabwe.

“UNorman Mapeza nguye umqeqeshi weqembu leFC Platinum leZimbabwe anqobe laye izicoco zeligi. 

“Wake waba ngukaputeni weqembu lesizwe phambilini futhi useke waba nezikhundla eziningi njengomqeqeshi weqembu lesizwe labesilisa.”

UMapeza, obecija iChippa phakathi kukaSepthemba 2019 kuya ku-Ephreli ka-2020, uzolekelelwa ngumqeqeshi weNgezi Platinum Stars, uTakesure Chiragwi.