Jimmy Gatete
{{Short description|Rwandan footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jimmy Gatete
| fullname = Jean-Michel Gatete
| image = Rwanda.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|11}}
| birth_place = Bujumbura, Burundi
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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| clubnumber = 10
| position = Striker
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| clubs1 = MUKURA VS F.C.
| years2 = 2002–2004
| clubs2 = APR FC
| years3 = 2004–2005
| clubs3 = Maritzburg United
| years4 = 2005–2007
| clubs4 = APR FC
| years5 = 2007–2009
| clubs5 = Rayon Sport
| years6 = 2009
| clubs6 = Police FC Kibungo
| years7 = 2010
| clubs7 = St. George
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| nationalyears1 = 2001–2009
| nationalteam1 = Rwanda{{NFT player|id=5475|accessdate=}}
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 25
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Jimmy Gatete{{Cite web |last=Kamasa |first=Peter |date=2022-10-23 |title=Jimmy Gatete: The striker who epitomises the glory days of Amavubi |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/1979/sports/football/jimmy-gatete-the-striker-who-epitomises-the-glory-days-of-amavubi |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=The New Times |language=en}} (born December 11, 1979, in Bujumbura) is a retired Rwandan footballer.
Career
Gatete has made several appearances for the Rwanda national football team. He scored crucial goals during the 2004 African Cup of Nations (CAN) qualifications which saw the Rwanda national football team (Amavubi) reach its first ever CAN finals. The most celebrated goal in Rwandan history is presumably his goal against the Black Stars of Ghana at Stade Amahoro in Kigali in March 2003 which led to Rwanda's 1–0 win and handed them their ticket to Tunis the following year.
Gatete has played club football for local sides Mukura Victory Sports F.C., APR FC and Rayon Sport.{{cite web|publisher=The New Times |title=The secret life of...Jean-Michel Gatete |url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=13779&a=2743 |date=January 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202224426/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=13779&a=2743 |archivedate=February 2, 2014 }} He also had a brief spell in South Africa with Maritzburg United, and in Ethiopia with Saint George F.C.{{cite web|publisher=SAFA.net|title=Players joining SA teams|url=http://www.safa.net/UserFiles/www.safa.net/FOREIGN%20PLAYERS%20FOREIGN%20PLAYERS%20IN%20SA_%20(2).pdf|accessdate=August 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206213424/http://www.safa.net/UserFiles/www.safa.net/FOREIGN%20PLAYERS%20FOREIGN%20PLAYERS%20IN%20SA_%20(2).pdf|archive-date=February 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Gatete scored 25 goals in 42 competitive appearances for Rwanda.{{cite news|publisher=The New Times|title=Rwanda: Gatete Says Could Return to Football but 'Not As Coach'|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202112070259.html|date=6 December 2021}}
References
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{{Rwanda squad 2004 African Cup of Nations}}
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Category:Footballers from Bujumbura
Category:Rwandan men's footballers
Category:Rwandan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Rwanda men's international footballers
Category:2004 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Rayon Sports F.C. players
Category:Durban City F.C. (2024) players
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Category:Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
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