Milton Ncube

Milton Ncube (born 4 March 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or forward for Wellingborough Whitworth. He has represented the Zimbabwe national team internationally.[1][2]

Milton Ncube
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back, forward
Team information
Current team
 Harare City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Shooting Stars ? (?)
2010–2012 Motor Action ? (?)
2012–2014 Highlanders ? (?)
2014–2016 Ajax Cape Town 20 (1)
2016–2018 How Mine ? (?)
2018–2019 CAPS United ? (?)
2019– Harare City ? (?)
2019– date Whitworth 92 (8)
International career‡
2014– Zimbabwe 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2016

Club career

Ncube started his career with Shooting Stars in 2008, before moving to Motor Action two years later. After another two years with Motor Action, during which he won the 2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League title, he departed the club to sign for Highlanders before subsequently moving to a club outside of Zimbabwe for the first time when he agreed to join Ajax Cape Town of South Africa in 2014.[3][4][5] On 8 July 2016, he was released by Ajax Cape Town.[6]

International career

In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe national team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil.[7][8] He made seven appearances at the 2014 African Nations Championship, in total Ncube has played for Zimbabwe 11 times and scored one goal (versus Gabon).[3][9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 June 2016[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax Cape Town 2014–15[3] Premier Soccer League 1110000—0[lower-alpha 1]0111
2015–16[3] Premier Soccer League 9000000[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 1]0100
Total 20100000010211
Career total 20100000010211
  1. Appearance in MTN 8
  2. Appearance in CAF Champions League

International
As of 27 June 2016[3][9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 201350
2014101
201510
201600
Total161
As of 27 June 2016[3][9]
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ncube goal.
List of international goals scored by Milton Ncube
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 January 2014Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Gabon2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Motor Action

Highlanders

Ajax Cape Town

References
  1. "Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Chan tournament". newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. "Zimbabwe name final squad for CHAN tournament". cosafa.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. "Milton Ncube profile". Soccerway. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. "One on one with Milton Ncube". Sport Brief. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "Ajax New Signings Announced". Ajax Cape Town. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. Jones, Seraj (8 July 2016). "Ajax Cape Town release Zimbabwean international Milton Ncube". Kick Off.
  7. "CHAN 2014: awards and team of the CHAN". en.starafrica.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. "Articles tagged 'warriors'". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  9. "Milton Ncube profile". World Football. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. "Zimbabwe 2013". RSSSF. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.


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