Vitalis Takawira

Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972[1] in Salisbury) is a retired Zimbabwean football player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe, Switzerland and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team.

Vitalis Takawira
Personal information
Full name Vitalis Takawira
Date of birth (1972-09-24) 24 September 1972
Place of birth Salisbury, Rhodesia
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Dynamos
1995–1996 FC Winterthur 10 (9)
1996–2000 Kansas City Wizards 110 (29)
2000–2002 Milwaukee Rampage 70 (39)
2002–2004 Milwaukee Wave United 30 (8)
International career‡
1992–1999 Zimbabwe 26 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 15, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 15, 2010

Career

He came to prominence in Zimbabwe while playing for popular Harare outfit, Dynamos, where he was top goal scorer for five seasons. Takawira was the top scorer in the Zimbabwean First Division three times and won the African Golden Boot in 1994. He signed with Major League Soccer in 1996, and was allocated to Kansas City Wiz (later Wizards).[2] Takawira spent the next four years with Kansas City, playing 110 times, with 29 goals scored and 19 assists in the league.[1] After goals, he would often celebrate with the Digital Crawl, where he would get down and walk on all fours as teammates joined in.

After leaving MLS, Takawira moved down to the A-League, where he played for Milwaukee Rampage and Milwaukee Wave United. He was named A-League MVP in 2000 and helped Rampage to the league title in 2002.

For Zimbabwe, Takawira played from 1992–1999,[3] and scored 12 goals in 26 appearances.

Honors

Individual

References
  1. Major League Soccer career stats
  2. "All-Time African Players in MLS by Season". www.thebesteleven.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. Vitalis Takawira at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. All-Star Game flashback, 1996 Archived December 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at MLSsoccer.com
  5. All-Star Game flashback, 1997 at MLSsoccer.com


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