{"id":30779,"date":"2020-12-01T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/young-warriors-leave-for-the-cosafa-under-20-championship-in-sa"},"modified":"2020-12-01T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:22:47","slug":"young-warriors-leave-for-the-cosafa-under-20-championship-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/young-warriors-leave-for-the-cosafa-under-20-championship-in-sa","title":{"rendered":"Young Warriors Leave For The COSAFA Under-20 Championship In SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe\u2019s national Under-20 men\u2019s football team made up of 18 players and nine officials left the country on Tuesday morning headed for South Africa for the Cosafa Under-20 Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament starts on Thursday in Nelson Mandela Bay and Zimbabwe have been drawn in a tough that also includes hosts South Africa, Mozambique as well as Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the squad in full:<\/p>\n<p><b>Goalkeepers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Raphael Pitisi (TelOne), Mattriples Muleya (Bulawayo Chiefs)<\/p>\n<p><b>Defenders<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Malvern Hativagoni (Bulawayo Chiefs), Tinotenda Muringai (Dynamos), Munashe Garananga (Ubuntu, SA), Munashe Katondo (Ngezi Platinum Stars), Mannered Matsikidze (Highlands Park, SA), Kelvin Mangiza (FC Platinum)<\/p>\n<p><b>Midfielders<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Panashe Mutimbanyoka (FC Platinum), Lexington Mujokoro (FMSA Umguza), Dibbellar Mapuwa (Legends Academy), Tendayi Matindife (Ngezi Platinum Stars), Oscar Magejo (Academy 2063)<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Nyagurungo (CAYA Foot, Senegal), Sebastian Summerfield (Gatshead FC, UK)<\/p>\n<p><b>Strikers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bill Antonio (Prince Edward Academy), Tapiwa Mandinyenya (Aces Youth Academy), Munashe Pini (Chicken Inn)<\/p>\n<p><b>Head Coach<\/b><\/p>\n<p>: Tonderai Ndiraya<\/p>\n<p><b>Assistant coaches<\/b><\/p>\n<p>: Mandla Mpofu, Nesbert Saruchera<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper coach: Innocent Chogugudza<\/p>\n<p>Medical Doctor:  Mthokozisi Moyo<\/p>\n<p>Physiotherapist: Sheldorn Patsika<\/p>\n<p>Equipment manager: Shingirayi Binoni<\/p>\n<p>Team manager: Patrick Mutesva<\/p>\n<p>Head of the delegation:  Thomas Marambanyika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe\u2019s national Under-20 men\u2019s football team made up of 18 players and nine officials left the country on Tuesday morning headed for South Africa for the Cosafa Under-20 Championship. The tournament starts on Thursday in Nelson Mandela Bay and Zimbabwe have been drawn in a tough that also includes hosts South Africa, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[1493,572,1825,1554,644,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-30779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-sport","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-cosafa","13":"tag-cosafa-under-20-championship","14":"tag-the-young-warriors","15":"tag-young-warriors","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Young Warriors Leave For The COSAFA Under-20 Championship In SA - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/young-warriors-leave-for-the-cosafa-under-20-championship-in-sa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Young Warriors Leave For The COSAFA Under-20 Championship In SA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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