Evans Chikwaikwai

Evans Chikwaikwai
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Rusape, Zimbabwe
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Grain Tigers
2007–2009 Njube Sundowns 41 (36)
2009–2010 Bidvest Wits 10 (0)
2010–2010 → Liga Muçulmana de Maputo (loan)
2010–2011 → Hanover Park (loan)
2011 CD Costa do Sol
2012–2014 Chicken Inn
2015–2016 Dongo Sawmills
2017–2018 Mutare City Rovers
International career‡
2008 Zimbabwe 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020

Evans Chikwaikwai (born 14 August 1985 in Rusape's Vengere Township) is a Zimbabwean footballer who has played as a striker for Bidvest Wits in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Early life

Chikwaikwai attended Vengere Primary School from 1990 to 1997 and proceeded to Vengere High School for his 'O' levels. Chikwaikwai left Vengere to study at Mutare Boys High School on a sports scholarship. There, he became a key utility player for the school team.

Career

Chikwaikwai played alongside his oldest brother Manyowa for Rusape side Grain Masters between 2000 and 2004 before coming to Harare for trials with premiership side CAPS United. The move was stalled when he sustained a career-threatening ankle injury during a training session. The former Njube Sundowns striker was named Zimbabwe's 2008/9 'Soccer Star of the Year' after he finished as the league's top goal-scorer with 23 goals in 28 games.[1] He donated part of his prize money to Maggies Day Centre, an orphanage at his home area of Rusape. Bidvest Wits manager Roger de Sa described Chikwaikwai as "an exceptional striker". He also won the golden boot award.

On 17 February 2010, Chikwaikwai was loaned to Liga Muçulmana de Maputo in Mozambique until 30 June 2010.[2] On 16 June 2011, Zimbabwe international and former Warriors forward Evans Chikwaikwai joined premiership newcomers Chicken Inn.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Chikwaikwai named Soccer Star of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe/Mozambique: Chikwaikwai Loaned to Mozambican Team". The Herald (Harare). 17 February 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Chikwaikwai joins Chicken Inn – NewsDay Zimbabwe". newsday.co.zw. Retrieved 18 May 2018.


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