Takesure Chinyama

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Takesure Chinyama

| image = ChinyamaWikipedia.jpg

| upright = 0.9

| caption =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|30}}

| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = UKS Warszowice

| clubnumber = 40

| years1 = 2003–2005

| clubs1 = Wankie/Hwange

| years3 = 2005–2006

| clubs3 = Monomotapa United

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2007

| clubs4 = Groclin Grodzisk

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2007–2011

| clubs5 = Legia Warszawa

| caps5 = 72

| goals5 = 36

| years6 = 2012

| clubs6 = Dynamos

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2012–2013

| clubs7 = Orlando Pirates

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2013–2014

| clubs8 = Platinum Stars

| caps8 = 5

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2015

| clubs9 = Dynamos

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| years10 = 2016

| clubs10 = LZS Piotrówka

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| years11 = 2017

| clubs11 = F.C. Platinum

| caps11 =

| goals11 =

| years12 = 2019

| clubs12 = LZS Piotrówka

| caps12 = 12

| goals12 = 8

| years13 = 2022

| clubs13 = LZS Piotrówka

| caps13 = 8

| goals13 = 2

| years14 = 2023–2024

| clubs14 = Batory Wola Batorska

| caps14 = 5

| goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2024–

| clubs15 = UKS Warszowice

| caps15 = 6

| goals15 = 3

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2012

| nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 22 September 2024

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Takesure Chinyama (born 30 September 1982) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish Klasa B club UKS Warszowice.

Club career

Chinyama was born in Harare.

In autumn 2006, he was on trial in Legia Warsaw, but they decided not to buy him. After it, he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. In the summer 2007, he moved to Legia, joining his two fellow countrymen, Dickson Choto and Herbert Dick.{{cite web|url=http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=1635|date=6 July 2007|title=Zimbabwe striker joins Polish giants|publisher=zimonline.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122051854/http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=1635|archivedate=22 November 2007}} He became the first non-European joint top scorer in the Ekstraklasa history.

After four years, due to his poor performance in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons and recurring health problems, he was released from Legia in June 2011.{{cite web | url = http://www.90minut.pl/news/160/news1603539-Takesure-Chinyama-odchodzi-z-Legii.html | title = Takesure Chinyama odchodzi z Legii | language = Polish | publisher = 90minut.pl | date = 22 June 2011 | accessdate = 27 October 2013}}

After a short-term spell at his country's club Dynamos Harare, Chinyama joined South African team Orlando Pirates in July 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.psl.co.za/article.asp?id=1496691|date=25 July 2012|title=Bucs capture Chinyama's signature|publisher=Premier Soccer League official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019164607/http://www.psl.co.za/article.asp?id=1496691|archivedate=19 October 2013}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cups !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Groclin Grodzisk \|2006–07 \|Ekstraklasa \|11	3	6	3	colspan="2"\|–	17	6
rowspan="5"\|Legia Warsaw \|2007–08 \|rowspan="4"\|Ekstraklasa \|28	15	10	3	colspan="2"\|–	38	18
2008–09 \|26	19	6	2	3	0	35	21
2009–10 \|7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
2010–11 \|11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
colspan="2"\|Total !72	36	17	5	3	0	92	41
colspan="3"\|Career total !83	39	23	8	3	0	109	47

Honours

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski{{cite web |title=Takesure Chinyama |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8205 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=pl |date=14 October 2023}}