Mavis Chirandu

Mavis Chirandu (born 15 January 1995) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays for Weerams F.C. and the Zimbabwe women's national football team.

Mavis Chirandu
Personal information
Full name Mavis Chirandu
Date of birth (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Weerams FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Weerams FC
National team‡
2013– Zimbabwe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:52, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:52, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Biography and career

As a newborn, Chirandu was abandoned by her mother in some roadside bushes. She was brought up in an SOS Children's Villages orphanage in Bindura.[2] She played for the senior Zimbabwe team for the first time in 2013, against Uruguay. She acquired the nickname "Madam Chair" after Zimbabwe's women's football chairman Mavis Gumbo, and scored her first international goal in a 6–1 win over Lesotho in November 2013.[3]

At 21 years old, left-sided midfielder Chirandu was included in the national squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] She scored Zimbabwe's late consolation goal in their 3–1 group stage defeat by Canada at Arena Corinthians, São Paulo.[5]

References
  1. "Official Squad Lists for Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 25 July 2016.
  2. Muchinjo, Enock (4 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Zimbabwe women's arduous journey to Brazil". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. Mhara, Henry (7 November 2013). "'Madam Chair' scores first Mighty Warriors goal". The Southern Eye (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. Dube, Ngqwele (17 July 2016). "Dream come true for baby-dumped Chirandu". The Sunday News (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. "Zimbabwe duo savouring Olympic adventure". FIFA. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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