Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972 in Salisbury

Harare

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) is a retired Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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an football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and the United States

United States

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, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team

Zimbabwe national football team

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.

Career

He came to prominence in Zimbabwe while playing for popular Harare outfit, Dynamos, where he was top goal scorer for five seasons. Takawira was the top scorer in the Zimbabwean First Division three times and won the African Golden Boot in 1994. He signed with Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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 in 1996, and was allocated

1996 MLS Inaugural Allocations

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 to Kansas City Wiz

Kansas City Wizards

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 (later Wizards). Takawira spent the next four years with Kansas City, playing 110 times, with 29 goals scored and 19 assists in the league. After goals, he would often celebrate with the Digital Crawl, where he would get down and walk on all fours as teammates joined in.

After leaving MLS, Takawira moved down to the A-League

USL First Division

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, where he played for Milwaukee Rampage

Milwaukee Rampage

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 and Milwaukee Wave United

Milwaukee Wave United

The Milwaukee Wave United was an American professional soccer team, which last played in the A-League, the American second division.The Wave United was formed and joined the A-League after the Milwaukee Rampage folded in 2002...

. He was named A-League MVP in 2000 and helped Rampage to the league title in 2002.

For Zimbabwe, Takawira played from 1992–1999, and scored 12 goals in 26 appearances.