Clive Augusto
{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clive Augusto
| image =
| fullname = Clive Farai Augusto
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe
| height = 1.85m
| currentclub = CAPS United
| clubnumber =
| position = Centre-forward
| years1 = 2012 | clubs1 = DT Africa United | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = Twalumba
| years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = Darwin United
| years4 = 2015–2018| clubs4 = Ngezi Platinum | caps4 = | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = Chicken Inn | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 14
| years6 = 2019–2020| clubs6 = Maritzburg United | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = Uthongathi | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2021– | clubs8 = CAPS United | caps8 = | goals8 =
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 5 October 2019
| nationalteam-update = 5 October 2019
}}
Clive Farai Augusto (born 26 July 1994) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a forward for CAPS United and the Zimbabwe national football team.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/clive-augusto/625736/|title=Zimbabwe – C. Augusto – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=5 October 2019}}
Club career
Born in Harare suburb Mabvuku, he started his career at DT Africa United before spells at second level sides Twalumba and Darwin. In 2015 he moved to Ngezi Platinum with whom he clinched promotion to the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.{{cite news|title=Who is Clive Augusto?|url=https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/who-is-clive-augusto/|access-date=19 February 2022|work=The Sunday News|date=9 June 2019}}
He then scored 14 goals in 17 matches for Chicken Inn, but left them after only 8 months in August 2019 for Maritzburg United after becoming unsettled at the club.{{cite news|title=Chicken Inn forced to release Augusto|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/08/chicken-inn-forced-to-release-augusto/|access-date=19 February 2022|work=Newsday|date=20 August 2019}}
Augusto returned to Zimbabwe in August 2021, signing for CAPS United after an unsuccessful period in South Africa with Maritzburg United and then Uthongathi.{{cite news|title=Caps United Bolster Attack, Sign Striker Clive Augusto|url=https://www.newzimbabwe.com/caps-united-bolster-attack-sign-striker-clive-augusto/|access-date=19 February 2022|work=New Zimbabwe|date=4 August 2021}}
References
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External links
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Category:Footballers from Harare
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Zimbabwean men's footballers
Category:Zimbabwe men's international footballers
Category:Ngezi Platinum F.C. players
Category:Chicken Inn F.C. players
Category:Durban City F.C. (2024) players
Category:Uthongathi F.C. players
Category:Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League players
Category:South African Premier Division players
Category:Zimbabwean expatriate men's footballers