Alec Mudimu (born 8 April 1995) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique de Béja and the Zimbabwe national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| 2011–2012 | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | (5) |
| 2015 | → Radcliffe Borough (loan) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 2017 | Stockport Town | ||
| 2017–2020 | Cefn Druids | 64 | (12) |
| 2020–2021 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | (1) |
| 2021 | Ankaraspor | 15 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 12 | (0) |
| 2022 | Altrincham | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
| 2022–2023 | Caernarfon Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Flint Town United | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Olympique de Béja | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Zimbabwe[2] | 24 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:09, 9 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 7 September 2021 (UTC) | |||
Early and personal life
editMudimu was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and moved to England at the age of five or six, living in Hertfordshire and London.[3]
Club career
editMudimu played youth football for Sheffield Wednesday and Stalybridge Celtic, joining the latter club in 2011.[1] He made his senior debut in the 2012–13 season.[4] He moved on loan to Radcliffe Borough in January 2015.[5]
He later played for Northwich Victoria and Stockport Town before joining Welsh Premier League side Cefn Druids in July 2017.[4][6] He made his league debut for the club on 8 September 2017 in a 4–0 away defeat to TNS.[7] He scored his first league goal for the club on 30 September 2017 in a 2–1 away victory over Llandudno, scoring in the 18th minute.[8] He went on trial with English Football League club Fleetwood Town in December 2017.[9] He also spent time on trial with Rochdale.[10]
On 11 December 2019, Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol announced the signing of Mudimu from 20 January 2020.[11]
In January 2021 he signed for Turkish club Ankaraspor.[12]
After spending time in Georgia with Torpedo Kutaisi, he returned to England in February 2022 to sign for Altrincham.[13] On 27 February 2022, Mudimu left Altrincham after making just two league appearances for the club.[14]
On 23 August 2022, Saburtalo Tbilisi announced the signing of Mudimu.[15]
On 9 March 2023, he signed for Flint Town United after being released by Caernarfon Town.[16]
On 16 August 2023, he signed for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique Béja following his departure from Flint Town United.[17] He was released in December 2023 after making only two appearances.[18]
International career
editMudimu was called up by the Zimbabwe national team for the first time in March 2018.[3][10] He made his debut in the semi-final of the 2018 Four Nations Tournament, during a penalty shootout defeat against hosts Zambia on 21 March 2018.[19]
Mudimu was later called up to Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 COSAFA Cup.[20] Zimbabwe went on to win the tournament, beating Zambia in the final.[21]
In October 2018, he was selected as part of Zimbabwe's squad for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[22]
References
edit- ^ a b "Profile". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Alec Mudimu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ a b Aled Williams (15 March 2018). "Alec Mudimu: Cefn Druids midfielder's Zimbabwe call-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b Alec Mudimu at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Steve Whitney (19 January 2015). "Boro Bring in Two – Lose One". Non-League Pitchero. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Profile". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "The New Saints vs. Cefn Druids – 8 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Llandudno vs. Cefn Druids – 30 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Thomas Norris (20 December 2017). "Cefn Druids ace Alec Mudimu could swap Welsh Premer League for Football League". Leader Live. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b Thomas Norris (13 March 2018). "Cefn Druids midfielder Alec Mudimu earns Zimbabwe call up". Leader Live. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Добро пожаловать, Алек". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Williams, Dion (13 January 2021). "Former Cefn Druids man Alec Mudimu joins Turkish outfit Ankaraspor".
- ^ "Alec Mudimu joins new club in England". 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Mudimu moves on after brief Alty stay". Altrincham FC. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Welcome Alec Mudimu". fcsaburtalo.ge (in Georgian). FC Saburtalo Tbilisi. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Zimbabwe International Alec Mudimu joins Silkmen". Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Alec Mudimu unveiled at his new". Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Team, Soccer24 (9 December 2023). "Tunisian club terminates Alec Mudimu contract - Soccer24".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Result: Zambia vs Zimbabwe". Soccer 24. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Zambia : Zimbabwe name serious team for 2018 COSAFA Cup". 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe kings of 2018 Cosafa Cup". SABC News – Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Cefn Druids ace Alec Mudimu ready for Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations double header with DR Congo". The Leader.