{"id":86121,"date":"2023-11-03T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:41:11","slug":"nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report","title":{"rendered":"Nakamba To Be Named Warriors Captain | Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Warriors coach Baltemar Brito is reportedly set to name Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba as the captain of the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s football team ahead of the Warriors\u2019 back-to-back 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria this month.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabian-based forward Knowledge Musona captained the Warriors for several years before he announced his retirement from international football in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While many football fans had expected France-based Marshall Munetsi to be handed the captaincy, it appears that Nakamba will inherit the armband from Musona.<\/p>\n<p><b>NewsDay<\/b> reported a source as saying that the 29-year-old Hwange-born midfielder will take over the Warriors armband \u201cunless something dramatic happens\u201d. Said the source:<\/p>\n<p>Unless something dramatic happens, it appears Brito wants Nakamba to be the new captain.<\/p>\n<p>Brito picked Nakamba to vote in the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or as the Zimbabwe captain representative two months ago, another indication that he will give the Warriors armband to the former Bantu Rovers player.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or award is voted for by national team coaches and their captains, and a selected group of journalists.<\/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. Warriors coach Baltemar Brito is reportedly set to name Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba as the captain of the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s football team ahead of the Warriors\u2019 back-to-back 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria this month. Saudi Arabian-based forward Knowledge Musona captained the Warriors for several years before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1493,2189,11038,1876,1688,509,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-86121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-baltemar-brito","12":"tag-marvelous-nakamba","13":"tag-the-warriors","14":"tag-warriors","15":"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>Nakamba To Be Named Warriors Captain | Report - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Warriors coach Baltemar Brito is reportedly set to name Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba as the captain of the Zi ...\" \/>\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\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nakamba To Be Named Warriors Captain | Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Warriors coach Baltemar Brito is reportedly set to name Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba as the captain of the Zi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-03T09:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-03T12:41:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/sm_1698998658.334292.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nakamba-to-be-named-warriors-captain-report\",\"name\":\"Nakamba To Be Named Warriors Captain | Report - 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