{"id":61130,"date":"2022-06-17T15:08:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament"},"modified":"2022-06-17T17:22:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:22:12","slug":"marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Launches Youth Soccer Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) on Thursday launched the national Under-17 annual youth soccer tournament at a function held in Harare.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day tournament, which will bring together the best local junior football talent in the country, is going to be staged at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on June 25-26.<\/p>\n<p>Highlanders, Dynamos, Njube Spurs, Hwange Dynamo, Albun Academy, Bulawayo City, Ajax Hot Spurs and Chicken Inn are set to take part in the historic tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston Villa midfielder is sponsoring the tournament through his foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The MNF, which is chaired by Nakamba\u2019s father, Antony, also pays fees for over 1 000 school children across Zimbabwe, under its Education Assistance Plan (EAP). Said Nakamba:<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots football is very important for the survival of the game. We all came through the system and we benefited because we were afforded the chance at an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Henceforth, it is befitting that we continue with the tradition of supporting grassroots sport.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamba is an example of how a sound football developmental system can nurture future footballers.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Bantu Academy, Nakamba moved to Nancy of France in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He impressed at Nancy and earned a contract with Netherland top-flight side Vitesse in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamba spent three years at Vitesse and won the KNVB Beker Cup, the equivalent of the English FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium giants Club Brugge snapped the midfielder in 2017 and Nakamba went on to feature in the prestigious UEFA Champions League, where he attracted global attention.<\/p>\n<p>He signed for English Premier League side Aston Villa in 2019 and is now an integral part of Steven Gerrard\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamba is the only Zimbabwean player to win major Cups in two different European leagues.<\/p>\n<p>He won the Belgian Cup with Club Brugge in 2016 and the KNVB Beker Cup with Dutch side Vitesse in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamba\u2019s presence at the MNF tournament is expected to inspire scores of budding footballers who will battle for honours in the City of Kings next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign scouts are also expected to grace the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) on Thursday launched the national Under-17 annual youth soccer tournament at a function held in Harare. The two-day tournament, which will bring together the best local junior football talent in the country, is going to be staged at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on June 25-26. Highlanders, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1876,4214,4669,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-61130","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-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-marvelous-nakamba","14":"tag-marvelous-nakamba-foundation","15":"tag-mnf","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>Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Launches Youth Soccer Tournament - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) on Thursday launched the national Under-17 annual youth soccer tournament at a fu ...\" \/>\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\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Launches Youth Soccer Tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF) on Thursday launched the national Under-17 annual youth soccer tournament at a fu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-17T13:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-17T15:22:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_20-62ac9c077973f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1027\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/marvelous-nakamba-foundation-launches-youth-soccer-tournament\",\"name\":\"Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Launches Youth Soccer Tournament - 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