Kingston Nkhatha

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Kingston Nkhatha
Personal information
Full name Kingston Brooklyn Nkhatha
Date of birth (1985-10-27) 27 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Zvimba, Zimbabwe
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 SuperSport United
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Buymore Chitungwiza 82 (75)
2007 CAPS F.C. 17 (12)
2007–2011 Free State Stars 41 (5)
2008–2009 → Carara Kicks (loan) 20 (11)
2011–2012 Black Leopards 22 (8)
2012–2015 Kaizer Chiefs 69 (16)
2015– SuperSport United 30 (7)
International career‡
2007– Zimbabwe 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2015)

Kingston Nkhatha (born 27 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a striker for SuperSport United in the South African Premier Soccer League and Zimbabwe.[1]

Kaizer Chiefs

He joined Chiefs in July 2012 under new coach Stuart Baxter. He made his league debut on 11 August 2012 in a 6–0 win over a AmaZulu. He scored the second goal on debut in the 42nd minute.[citation needed] He went on to score eight goals in 24 matches for the 2012–13 season.[2] Nkhatha urged fans to stop booing him or other players when fans started to boo him towards the end of the 2012–13 and the beginning of the 2013–14 season. He said "As a professional, you cannot take these things to heart otherwise they will destroy you. But I still ask our fans to stop doing it. It is not good for the team."[3] He scored his first goal of the 2013–14 as an equaliser in the Soweto derby to silence critics. He also started off the 2014 CAF Champions League campaign with a brace in a 3–0 win over Black Africa on 8 February 2014. The first, a long range shot and the second, a header over advancing goalkeeper, Arnold Subeb after a pinpoint drop kick from Itumeleng Khune in the 87th minute.[4] Nkhatha scored 7 goals in the 2013–14 season again.[5] During 2014–15 pre-season friendlies, he scored against Chippa United in a 4–2 win in Port Elizabeth[6] he competed in the 2014 Carling Black Label Cup but got injured and bruised his thigh in the 23rd minute after clashing with Senzo Meyiwa.[7] In the fourth quarter final of the MTN8 2014, Nkhatha scored Chiefs' second goal only in the 5th minute after taking the lead from Reneilwe Letsholonyane's 2nd-minute goal, with an 22-yard volley that first hit the underside of the cross bar. Chiefs won 4–0.[8]

Honours

Club

Kaiser Chiefs
SuperSport United

References

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  5. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22288/Kingston_Nkhatha.html
  6. ↑ http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/south-africa/club-friendly-match-report-chippa-united-2-4-kaizer-chiefs-20-july-2014/169922
  7. ↑ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/teams/kaizer-chiefs/kingston-nkhatha-injury-could-be-serious-says-stuart-baxter/170748
  8. ↑ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/leagues/mtn8/mtn8-quarter-final-report-kaizer-chiefs-4-0-mp-black-aces/171670
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