Evans Gwekwerere thinks he could have made a bigger impact in South African football had he been given more support by his fellow countryman, Ian Gorowa, during his time at Moroka Swallows.<\/p>\n
The retired striker played under Gorowa at the club but their time together didn\u2019t create any bond.<\/p>\n
Gwekwerere, now 35, says the coach hated him and was told to leave the club when the Zimbabwean gaffer replaced Gavin Hunt in 2008.<\/p>\n
\u201cI played 47 games, and because of my high work rate on the field of play I was picked four times in a row for doping tests as they suspected my performance was drug-related, but they all came out negative,\u201d the retired Dynamos star told The Standard.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation changed in 2008 when Hunt left The Birds and in came Ian Gorowa, who I revered as a brother or father who could guide me as a fellow countryman.<\/p>\n
\u201cI received the shock of my life when Gorowa told me that I was not in his plans because he had brought in five new players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI must say Gorowa never liked me. I even went to the extent of pleading with him to accept me, still, he refused, but I was encouraged by Edzai Kasinauyo (late) to soldier on.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuckily, as a highly-regarded player, the club chief executive officer Leone Prince had to intervene and pressure Gorowa to accept me after a long meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt one time Goodman Mazibuko, then captain, questioned Gorowa why I wasn\u2019t in the line-up as time and again I would score crucial goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gwekwerere left the club in 2009 after the expiry of his contract and went on to have stints in the SA National First Division, Botswana and Mozambique before returning home rejoin Dynamos.<\/p>\n
He retired at the age of 31 and is now running a night club, sports bar and a clothing shop in the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Evans Gwekwerere thinks he could have made a bigger impact in South African football had he been given more support by his fellow countryman, Ian Gorowa, during his time at Moroka Swallows. The retired striker played under Gorowa at the club but their time together didn\u2019t create any bond. Gwekwerere, now 35, says the coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[790,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-25780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-football-in-zimbabwe","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\n