| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eddie Mukahanana | ||
| Date of birth | March 9, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Highlanders FC (Zimbabwe) | ? | (?) |
| – | Zimbabwe Saints Zimbabwe | ||
| – | University of Montevallo USA | ||
| – | Central Coast Roadrunners USA | ||
| – | Des Moines Menace USA | ||
| – | Zimbabwe Saints Zimbabwe | ||
| National team | |||
| 1993-1997 | Zimbabwe | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Eddie Mukahanana born March 9, 1977 in Bulawayo Zimbabwe is a former Zimbabwean footballer. He was the head coach of Pacific Coast Soccer League Champions Victoria United Football Club (2009-2010) and is also the Technical Director for Bays United F.C and Director of Player Development for EM-Sports Soccer Academy
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He was a member of the Zimbabwe national football team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. He also received 14 youth national team caps playing on the U17 and U20 National teams during the COSAFA Youth Championships.
His professional career started with Highlanders FC and then moved to Zimbabwe Saints in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League making his debut at age of 17 year 2 months.
In the United States (1995-2000) he attended the University of Montevallo on a soccer scholarship, from where he would then travel every summer break to play for Zimbabwe Saints until 2000.
In the United States, Mukahanana played for the Central Coast Roadrunners (USL) in 1996 and 2001 Des Moines Menace (PDL).
Retirement in 2002 due to an injury.
After retirement from professional soccer, Mukahanana joined Victoria United at the end of 2002 season before finally turning to coaching full-time.
First discovered his passion for coaching at age 24, whilst still a professional player, when he helped train the Enid High School Boys U16 team: "he instantly realized that once he stopped playing, the only thing he wanted was to go into coaching full-time". Following an serious ankle injury ended his professional playing career while playing in the USL, by then Eddie had already gained his National B License and his path into coaching was well and truly underway.
The hallmark of Eddie’s coaching career has been his insatiable thirst for knowledge relating to anything that would improve the chances for success of the players and teams he coaches.
He has coached Pacific Coast Soccer League Champions Victoria United Football Club and Victoria Stars Football Club in Canada, Bakersfield Warriors F.C in the USA and various youth club teams in Canada . Mukahanana is the Director of Player Development for EM-Sports Soccer Academy (Victoria BC) and Technical Director for Bays United Football Club.
Mukahanana is a great admire of Arsène Wenger's dedication to individual skill and collective technical quality and the Ajax's Total Football, a playing system that relies on fluid passing and fluid player movement rather than the predominantly long-ball system.
He favors the attacking 4-3-3 formation - originally made famous by the Dutch because the formation has balance capability in attack and defense.
Eddie holds one of the most respected qualifications in the game, the prestigious UEFA "A" License. He also has the "A" License coaching certificates from the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). In addition he holds the KNVB International Coaching Diploma and both the Advanced National Coaching Diploma and the Director of Coaching Diploma both from the prestigious National Soccer Coaches Association of America.