Sunday Chidzambwa
{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer and manager (born 1952)}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|fullname = Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|05|04}}
|birth_place = Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia
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|position = Defender
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|clubs1 = Dynamos
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|nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe
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|managerclubs1 = Dynamos
|manageryears2 = 2003–2004
|managerclubs2 = Zimbabwe
|manageryears3 = 2004
|managerclubs3 = Umtata Bush Bucks
|manageryears4 = 2007
|managerclubs4 = Zimbabwe
|manageryears5 = 2008–2010
|managerclubs5 = Zimbabwe
|manageryears6 = 2010
|managerclubs6 = Free State Stars
|manageryears7 = 2010–2012
|managerclubs7 = Black Leopards
|manageryears8 = 2017–2019
|managerclubs8 = Zimbabwe
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Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean association football coach and former player.
Early and personal life
He was born in Enkeldoorn. {{NFT player|pid=55285|accessdate=11 October 2019}} He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-sports-sc-soccer-byo-8581-article-Sunday+'Mhofu'+Chidzambwa+resigns.html|title=Sunday 'Mhofu' Chidzambwa resigns|last=eDuzeNet|work=Bulawayo24 News|access-date=23 May 2018}} His younger brother Misheck was also a Zimbabwean international player who later became a coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/misheck-chidzambwa-mussa-unite/|title=Misheck Chidzambwa, Mussa unite|first=The|last=Herald|website=The Herald}}
Career
Marimo played as a defender for Dynamos, with whom he won five league championships.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
He also played at international level for Zimbabwe, appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.{{FIFA player|53653}}
After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Dynamos, the Zimbabwe national team (in 2004 at the 2004 African Cup of Nations{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3758869.stm|title=Marimo quits Zimbabwe|date=28 May 2004|author=Steve Vickers|publisher=BBC Sport}} and 2007{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6940482.stm|title=Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe|date=10 August 2007|author=John Mhunga|publisher=BBC Sport}}), and South African team Umtata Bush Bucks, where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by Clemens Westerhof.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3605798.stm|title=Marimo misses job|date=27 August 2007|publisher=BBC Sport}} He was re-appointed manager of Zimbabwe in November 2008,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7737190.stm|title=Chidzambwa makes Warriors return|date=19 November 2008|author=John Mhunga|publisher=BBC Sport}} leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's Free State Stars.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8659283.stm|title=Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe|date=4 May 2005|publisher=BBC Sport}} Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,{{cite news|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/SPORTS-3362-Chidzambwa+abruptly+quits+Free+State/SPORTS.aspx|title=Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State|date=20 September 2005|author=Nkanyiso Moyo|publisher=New Zimbabwe}} later becoming manager of Black Leopards.{{cite news|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/30338/black-leopards-coach-sunday-chidzambwa-insists-they-can-shock-kaizer-chiefs|title=Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test|date=13 September 2012|author= Farirayi Kahwemba|publisher=Kickoff}} On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.{{cite news|url=http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/sport/football/61650/sunday-chidzambwa-rushwaya-get-life.html|title=Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans|date=20 October 2012|author=Moses Chibaye|publisher=The Zimbabwean|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105161034/http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/sport/football/61650/sunday-chidzambwa-rushwaya-get-life.html|archive-date=5 November 2012}} He was appointed as one of three Zimbabwe national team coaches in July 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40492547|title=Zimbabwe employ three national coaches|date=4 July 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=23 May 2018}} He resigned in July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49113707|title=Sunday Chidzambga resigns as Zimbabwe's national team coach|date=25 July 2019|website=BBC Sport}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Zimbabwe Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Zimbabwe squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Zimbabwe national football team managers}}
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Category:Zimbabwean men's footballers
Category:Zimbabwe men's international footballers
Category:Zimbabwean football managers
Category:Zimbabwe national football team managers
Category:Free State Stars F.C. managers
Category:Black Leopards F.C. managers
Category:Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa
Category:Zimbabwean expatriates in South Africa
Category:2004 African Cup of Nations managers
Category:Sportspeople from Midlands Province
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers
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