Wilfred Mugeyi
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Wilfred Mugeyi is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
) is a retired Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
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an football (soccer)
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player who is an assistant coach at South Africa
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club Ajax Cape Town.
This Zimbabwean veteran is known as the "Silver Fox" for the way he steals un-noticed behind opposition defences.
He enjoyed a long and fruitful spell at South African side Bush Bucks
Bush Bucks
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, a club he first joined in 1993, and also a decent international career with Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe national football team
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.
Mugeyi took South African football by storm when he scooped three top awards, PSL Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year and Top Goalscorer of the Season back in 1996/97 when he scored 23 goals for Bucks.
He has also had spells in Israel
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and China
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, where he played for Maccabi Haifa
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and Hang Yan respectively.
His twin brother is William Mugeyi, who also played for Bush Bucks and Zimbabwe.