Ovidy Karuru

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Ovidy Karuru
Personal information
Full name	Ovidy Obvious Karuru^[1]
Date of birth	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989
Place of birth	Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
Number	7
Youth career
2001–2006	Masvingo United F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2008	Masvingo United F.C.	50	(15)
2009	Gunners Football Club	19	(8)
2009–2012	Boulogne	59	(10)
2012–	OH Leuven	21	(1)
National team
2007–2009	Zimbabwe U-20	18	(4)
2009–	Zimbabwe	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Ovidy Obvious Karuru (born 23 January 1989 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean footballer currently playing for Belgian side OH Leuven.

Career

Karuru began his career with Masvingo United F.C. and joined Newcastle United F.C. for a trial in March 2008.^[2] After two years in the senior side for Masvingo United F.C. he joined Gunners Football Club Harare in January 2009,^[3] after only a half-year with Harare, he was sold to Ligue 1 team US Boulogne in the summer of 2009.^[4] With Boulogne he relegated twice in three seasons, ending up in the Championnat National in 2012, when he moved to OH Leuven in the Belgian Pro League.

Position

He is a Midfield all rounder, he can play any position in the midfield, being utilised on either sides of the field, or in the centre.^[5]

International career

Karuru is a former member of the U-20 team from Zimbabwe and was with them as part of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2009,^[6] he was also given Captaincy of the team.^[7] He currently holds five Caps for the Zimbabwe national football team.^[8]

References

v t e Oud-Heverlee Leuven – current squad

1 Lenaerts 2 Pettersson 3 Robson 4 Raymaekers 5 Thompson 6 Van Goethem 7 Karuru 8 Geraerts 10 Maia 11 Cerigioni 12 Ibou 13 Ruytinx 14 Croux 15 Bastiaens 16 Reynaud 17 Messoudi 18 Wijns 19 Van Eenoo 20 Ngolok 21 Gillekens 22 Vits 23 Bandalovski 24 Buysens 25 Subašić 26 Bailly 29 Dehond 30 Bracke 31 Yagan 32 Vanaudenaerde 33 Kostovski Manager: Vermeulen

Persondata
Name	Karuru, Ovidy
Alternative names
Short description	Zimbabwean footballer
Date of birth	23 January 1989
Place of birth	Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death

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