Chido Dzingirai | |
Birth Date: | October 25, 1991 |
Birth Place: | Zimbabwe |
Height: | 172cm[1] |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Flame Lily Queens |
Years1: | –2008 |
Clubs1: | Mbare Queens |
Years2: | 2008–2011 |
Clubs2: | Cyclone Stars |
Years3: | 2011– |
Clubs3: | Flame Lily Queens |
Nationalyears1: | 2008– |
Nationalteam1: | Zimbabwe |
Pcupdate: | 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC) |
Chido "Chichie" Dzingirai or Dringirai[2] (born October 25, 1991) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays for Flame Lily Queens F.C. and the Zimbabwe women's national football team. She began her career as a forward with local team Mbare Queens, before retraining as a goalkeeper and moving to Cyclone Stars in 2008. In 2011, she transferred to Flame Lily Queens, the club of the Zimbabwe Prison Services, who found her a job as a prison officer. She debuted for the Zimbabwe women's national football team ("The Mighty Warriors") in 2008. At the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, she made multiple saves in the decisive win over Cameroon which clinched Zimbabwe's shock qualification for the final tournament in Brazil.[3]