Norman Mapeza

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Norman Mapeza
Personal information
Full name	Norman Takanyariwa Mapeza
Date of birth	(1972-04-12) 12 April 1972
Place of birth	Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	defender / midfielder
Club information
Current club	Zimbabwe
Youth career
Team
	Red Arrows F.C.
–	chitungwiza juniors
–	Darryn Textiles F.C.
National team
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–2001	Zimbabwe	92
† Appearances (Goals).

Norman Takanyariwa Mapeza (born 12 April 1972 in Salisbury, Rhodesia – now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a football coach. He played as defender and midfielder position.

In 2012, he was suspended from his job as Zimbabwe's national football team manager for alleged match-fixing.^[1]

Mapeza began his playing career with Darryn Textiles F.C. in Harare. He moved to Europe to play with Sokół Pniewy in the Polish Ekstraklasa for the 1993–94 season.^[2] Mapeza next played for several clubs in the Türkish Super Lig, including Galatasaray S.K., Ankaragücü, Altay S.K. and Malatyaspor.^[3]

He was only the second Zimbabwean player to play in the UEFA Champions League,^[4] appearing in the competition with Galatasaray in the 1990s.

Mapeza is also the Zimbabwe National Under 23 Head Coach and the current head coach for the Zimbabwe National Team.

Career

1993/94 Sokół Pniewy (Poland)
1994/95 Galatasaray (Turkey)
1995/96 Ankaragücü (Turkey)
1996/97 Altay S.K. (Turkey)
1997/98 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
1998/99 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
1999/00 Altay S.K. (Turkey)
2000/01 SV Ried im Innkreis (Austria)
2001/02 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
2002/03 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
2003/04 CAPS United (Zimbabwe)
2005/06 Ajax Cape Town (South Africa)

Personal life

Mapeza is married with a son (Michael Njabulo Mapeza)

References

↑ "Mapeza technically axed". Bulawayo24.com. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
↑ "Norman Mapeza". 90 Minut. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
↑ "NORMAN TAKANYARİWA MAPEZA". TFF. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
↑ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/sports/35407-open-letter-to-norman-mapeza.html

External links

Norman Mapeza at National-Football-Teams.com

Turkish Cup top scorers

1995: Arveladze / O. Kaynak (6)
1996: H. Demirel / Y. Kalkan (6)
1997: B. Kaba (8)
1998: E. Sağlam / H. Çelik / M. Dervişoğlu (5)
1999: E. Sağlam / Badraoui (5)
2000: H. Mandıralı / O. Derelioğlu / Márcio / S. Akyüz / O. Öztürk / Mapeza / Z. Uysal / C. Bulut / U. Yiğit / Eshun / M. Karakaya / K. Yılmaz / D. Baykuş / B. Şimşek / A. Küçükvardar (3)
2001: Ü. Karan (7)
2002: M. Yılmaz (5)
2003: Hassan / M. Yılmaz (8)
2004: T. Şanlı / K. Bekiroğlu / Lazarov / T. Türkmen (3)
2005: H. Şükür / N. Ateş / Alex (4)
2006: G. Ünal (7)
2007: Bobô / S. Şentürk (7)
2008: Iglesias (6)
2009: Bobô (7)
2010: U. Bulut / A. Çoban (7)
2011: Almeida / C. Aksu (5)
2012: Pinto (5)
2013: E. Zengin (9)

Zimbabwe national football team – managers

McLennan (1965–69)
Koufie (1988–92)
Fabisch (1992–95)
Gutendorf (1995–96)
Porterfield (1996–97)
Grobbelaar (1997)
Barreto (1997–98)
Grobbelaar (1998)
Westerhof (1998–00)
Marimo (2000–02)
Grabowski (2002)
Marimo (2003–04)
Gumbo (2004)
Mhlauri (2004–07)
Chidzambwa (2007^c)
Mapeza (2007^c)
Valinhos (2008)
Chidzambwa (2008–10)
Mapeza (2010)
Saintfiet (2010)
Ndlovu (2010–11)
Mapeza (2011–12)
Gumbo (2012^c)
Pagels (2012–13^c)
Gorowa (2013^c–)

Persondata
Name	Mapeza, Norman
Alternative names
Short description	Zimbabwean footballer
Date of birth	12 April 1972
Place of birth	Mutare, Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death

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