Peter Ndlovu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Peter Ndlovu | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Ndlovu | |
| Date of birth | February 25, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Bulawayo, Rhodesia | |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1990 1991-1997 1997-2001 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004- |
Highlanders FC Coventry City Birmingham City → Huddersfield Town (loan) Sheffield United Mamelodi Sundowns FC |
141 (39) 77 (23) 6 (4) 114 (25) 56 (13) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1991-2006 | Zimbabwe | 100 (38) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Peter Ndlovu (born February 25, 1973 in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean football (soccer) striker.
Contents |
[edit] Club career
Ndlovu was signed from Highlanders by Coventry City in July 1991 and became one of the most popular and talented footballers to play at Coventry's Highfield Road ground, scoring the first away team hat-trick at Liverpool's Anfield stadium in over 30 years. He also scored the second Premiership goal. It is thought that the club turned down a then-massive £4 million offer from Arsenal at the end of the 1994 season for his services.
Ndlovu eventually moved to Birmingham City in July 1997 for a fee of £1.6m after scoring 37 goals for the Sky Blues in 177 League games. After spending time on loan for Huddersfield Town in 2000, he moved to Sheffield United in February 2001.
Ndlovu also enjoyed success at Sheffield United and was known to their fans as 'Nuddy'. With him playing on the right side of midfield, Sheffield United managed to get to two semi-finals of major cup competitions, in addition to the final of the Championship (formerly Division 1) play-offs in the 2002-03 season.
He scored the winning goal against Leeds United in the 2002 Worthington Cup competition and scored an hat-trick against Cardiff City in 2003-04. He left the Blades in the summer of 2004 having scored 25 goals in 135 league games. In all, Ndlovu scored more than 90 goals (many memorable) during his 12 seasons and 338 appearances in the top two flights of the English football league.
Ndlovu signed for South African Premier Soccer League outfit Mamelodi Sundowns during the 2004 off-season.
[edit] International career
A veteran of 100 international games, Ndlovu is the all-time leading scorer for the Zimbabwean national team. He also led his nation to qualification for their first African Cup of Nations (held in 2004 in Tunisia) as well as their second appearance at the 2006 tournament in Egypt. He played several international games alongside former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar in the early-1990s.
[edit] Personal life
Ndlovu's brothers, Adam and Malinda, were also international players. The brothers played on the streets of Makokoba, Zimbabwe, where they grew up. Peter also played in both his primary and secondary schools and his hometown team Highlanders before joining Coventry in 1991.
[edit] External links
|
|||||
