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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 25, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Flame Lily Queens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2008 | Mbare Queens | ||
| 2008–2011 | Cyclone Stars | ||
| 2011– | Flame Lily Queens | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008– | Zimbabwe | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:56, 2 August 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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]
- ^ "Official Squad Lists for Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Chido Dringirai". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Dube, Ngqwele (19 June 2016). "Dzingirai: From striker to keeper". The Sunday News. Retrieved 2 August 2016.