Kudakwashe Mahachi

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.^[3][4]

Kudakwashe Mahachi

Personal information
Full name	Kudakwashe Mahachi
Date of birth	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
Youth career
	Highlanders
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Bantu Rovers
2012–2014	Chicken Inn
2014	Highlanders
2014–2016	Mamelodi Sundowns	13	(1)
2015–2016	→ Golden Arrows (loan)	21	(3)
2016–2018	Golden Arrows	46	(7)
2018–2019	Orlando Pirates	11	(3)
2019–2022	SuperSport United	62	(6)
International career‡
2013–	Zimbabwe	44	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2023

Career

Club

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.^[1] 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.^[5][6] He missed Golden Arrows' league match versus Jomo Cosmos on 11 May 2016 due to the passing of his daughter.^[7] Kudakwashe Mahachi currently plays for Ghananian top flight league team Medeama SC. .^[8]

International

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.^[9][10] Mahachi scored his first goal for his nation in the aforementioned 2014 African Nations Championship and his second in a friendly versus Malawi.^[1][11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 June 2016.^[1]

Statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Continental[c]		Other[d]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mamelodi Sundowns	2014–15[1]	Premier Soccer League	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2015–16[1]	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[1]	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

1. Includes the Nedbank Cup
2. Includes the Telkom Knockout
3. Includes the CAF Champions League
4. Includes the MTN 8

International

As of match played 18 January 2022.^[1][11]

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

International goals

As of match played 18 January 2022. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.^[1][11]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 January 2014	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa	Mali	2–0	2–1	2014 African Nations Championship
2	5 March 2014	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	2–1	4–1	Friendly
3	15 January 2017	Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon	Algeria	1–1	2–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
4	14 November 2021	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Ethiopia	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	18 January 2022	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Guinea	2–0	2–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Chicken Inn

• Zimbabwean Charity Shield: 2013