Alec Mudimu | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1995 |
Birth Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Sheffield Wednesday |
Youthyears2: | 2011–2012 |
Youthclubs2: | Stalybridge Celtic |
Years1: | 2012–2016 |
Clubs1: | Stalybridge Celtic |
Caps1: | 42 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2015 |
Clubs2: | → Radcliffe Borough (loan) |
Years3: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs3: | Northwich Victoria |
Years4: | 2017 |
Clubs4: | Stockport Town |
Years5: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs5: | Cefn Druids |
Caps5: | 64 |
Goals5: | 12 |
Years6: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs6: | Sheriff Tiraspol |
Caps6: | 6 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2021 |
Clubs7: | Ankaraspor |
Caps7: | 15 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs8: | Torpedo Kutaisi |
Caps8: | 12 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2022 |
Clubs9: | Altrincham |
Caps9: | 2 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2022 |
Clubs10: | Saburtalo Tbilisi |
Years11: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs11: | Caernarfon Town |
Caps11: | 5 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Years12: | 2023 |
Clubs12: | Flint Town United |
Caps12: | 5 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Years13: | 2023 |
Clubs13: | Olympique de Béja |
Caps13: | 0 |
Goals13: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018– |
Nationalteam1: | Zimbabwe |
Nationalcaps1: | 24 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 11:09, 9 January 2023 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 20:39, 7 September 2021 (UTC) |
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.
Mudimu was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and moved to England at the age of five or six, living in Hertfordshire and London.
Mudimu 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. He moved on loan to Radcliffe Borough in January 2015.[2]
He later played for Northwich Victoria and Stockport Town before joining Welsh Premier League side Cefn Druids in July 2017.[3] He made his league debut for the club on 8 September 2017 in a 4–0 away defeat to TNS.[4] 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.[5] He went on trial with English Football League club Fleetwood Town in December 2017.[6] He also spent time on trial with Rochdale.
On 11 December 2019, Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol announced the signing of Mudimu from 20 January 2020.[7]
In January 2021 he signed for Turkish club Ankaraspor.[8]
After spending time in Georgia with Torpedo Kutaisi, he returned to England in February 2022 to sign for Altrincham.[9] On 27 February 2022, Mudimu left Altrincham after making just two league appearances for the club.[10]
On 23 August 2022, Saburtalo Tbilisi announced the signing of Mudimu.[11]
On 9 March 2023, he signed for Flint Town United after being released by Caernarfon Town.[12]
On 16 August 2023, he signed for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique Béja following his departure from Flint Town United.[13] He was released in December 2023 after making only two appearances.[14]
Mudimu was called up by the Zimbabwe national team for the first time in March 2018.[15] [16] 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.[17]
Mudimu was later called up to Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 COSAFA Cup.[18] Zimbabwe went on to win the tournament, beating Zambia in the final.[19]
In October 2018, he was selected as part of Zimbabwe's squad for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[20]