Sunday Chidzambwa | |
Fullname: | Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa |
Birth Date: | 1952 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | Dynamos |
Nationalteam1: | Zimbabwe |
Managerclubs1: | Dynamos |
Manageryears2: | 2003–2004 |
Managerclubs2: | Zimbabwe |
Manageryears3: | 2004 |
Managerclubs3: | Umtata Bush Bucks |
Manageryears4: | 2007 |
Managerclubs4: | Zimbabwe |
Manageryears5: | 2008–2010 |
Managerclubs5: | Zimbabwe |
Manageryears6: | 2010 |
Managerclubs6: | Free State Stars |
Manageryears7: | 2010–2012 |
Managerclubs7: | Black Leopards |
Manageryears8: | 2017–2019 |
Managerclubs8: | Zimbabwe |
Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa is a Zimbabwean association football coach and former player.
He was born in Enkeldoorn. He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.[1] His younger brother Misheck was also a Zimbabwean international player who later became a coach.[2]
Marimo played as a defender for Dynamos, with whom he won five league championships.
He also played at international level for Zimbabwe, appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.
After retiring as a player, he went on to manage Dynamos, the Zimbabwe national team (in 2004 at the 2004 African Cup of Nations[3] and 2007[4]), and South African team Umtata Bush Bucks, where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by Clemens Westerhof.[5] He was re-appointed manager of Zimbabwe in November 2008,[6] leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's Free State Stars.[7] Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,[8] later becoming manager of Black Leopards.[9] On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.[10] He was appointed as one of three Zimbabwe national team coaches in July 2017.[11] He resigned in July 2019.[12]