Chido Dzingirai

Chido Dzingirai

Personal information
Full name	Chido Dzingirai
Date of birth	October 25, 1991
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Flame Lily Queens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2008	Mbare Queens
2008–2011	Cyclone Stars
2011–	Flame Lily Queens
National team^‡
2008–	Zimbabwe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Chido "Chichie" Dzingirai or Dringirai^[2] (born October 25, 1991) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays for Flame Lily Queens F.C. and the Zimbabwe women's national football team. She began her career as a forward with local team Mbare Queens, before retraining as a goalkeeper and moving to Cyclone Stars in 2008. In 2011 she transferred to Flame Lily Queens, the club of the Zimbabwe Prison Services, who found her a job as a prison officer. She debuted for the Zimbabwe women's national football team ("The Mighty Warriors") in 2008. At the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, she made multiple saves in the decisive win over Cameroon which clinched Zimbabwe's shock qualification for the final tournament in Brazil.^[3]

References

1. "Official Squad Lists for Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 25 July 2016.
2. "Chido Dringirai". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
3. Dube, Ngqwele (19 June 2016). "Dzingirai: From striker to keeper". The Sunday News. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

External links

• Chido Dzingirai – FIFA competition record