| Kudakwashe Mahachi | |
| Fullname: | Kudakwashe Mahachi |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Position: | Midfielder[1] |
| Youthclubs1: | Highlanders |
| Years1: | 2012 |
| Clubs1: | Bantu Rovers |
| Years2: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Chicken Inn |
| Years3: | 2014 |
| Clubs3: | Highlanders |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs4: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs5: | → Golden Arrows (loan) |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2016–2018 |
| Caps6: | 46 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Orlando Pirates |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs8: | SuperSport United |
| Caps8: | 62 |
| Goals8: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013– |
| Nationalteam1: | Zimbabwe |
| Nationalcaps1: | 44 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Ntupdate: | 16 November 2023 |
| Pcupdate: | 18 January 2022 |
Kudakwashe Mahachi (born 29 September 1993) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who played as a midfielder for South African clubs and the Zimbabwe national team.[2] [3]
Mahachi spent the end of his youth career with Highlanders, before moving into senior football with Bantu Rovers. His spell with Bantu was short as he left soon after joining when he agreed to join Chicken Inn. He remained a Chicken Inn player for two years before departing in 2014 when Mahachi rejoined Highlanders. After another short stint, his next move saw him leave Zimbabwe for the first time as he joined Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. 14 appearances and 1 goal followed in his debut season with the Sundowns, in his second campaign he was loaned out to fellow PSL club Golden Arrows. He scored four goals in twenty-five appearances in all competitions for Golden Arrows before returning to the Sundowns.[4] [5] He missed Golden Arrows' league match versus Jomo Cosmos on 11 May 2016 due to the passing of his daughter.[6] Kudakwashe Mahachi currently plays for Ghananian top flight league team Medeama SC. .[7]
In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited Mahachi to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil.[8] [9] Mahachi scored his first goal for his nation in the aforementioned 2014 African Nations Championship and his second in a friendly versus Malawi.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[11] | League Cup[12] | Continental[13] | Other[14] | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2014–15 | Premier Soccer League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Premier Soccer League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Golden Arrows (loan) | 2015–16 | Premier Soccer League | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 44 | 5 | ||
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 25 January 2014 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–1 | 2014 African Nations Championship | ||
| align=center | 2 | 5 March 2014 | Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 4–1 | Friendly | ||
| align=center | 3 | 15 January 2017 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
| align=center | 4 | 14 November 2021 | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| align=center | 5 | 18 January 2022 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |