Alec Mudimu

Alec Mudimu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sheffield Wednesday
2011–2012	Stalybridge Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Stalybridge Celtic	42	(5)
2015	→ Radcliffe Borough (loan)
2016–2017	Northwich Victoria
2017	Stockport Town
2017–2020	Cefn Druids	64	(12)
2020–2021	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	(1)
2021	Ankaraspor	15	(0)
2021–2022	Torpedo Kutaisi	12	(0)
2022	Altrincham	2	(0)
2022	Saburtalo Tbilisi
2022–2023	Caernarfon Town	5	(0)
2023	Flint Town United	5	(0)
2023	Olympique de Béja	0	(0)
International career^‡
2018–	Zimbabwe[2]	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:09, 9 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Alec Mudimu (born 8 April 1995) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique de Béja and the Zimbabwe national team.

Early and personal life

Mudimu was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and moved to England at the age of five or six, living in Hertfordshire and London.^[3]

Club career

Mudimu played youth football for Sheffield Wednesday and Stalybridge Celtic, joining the latter club in 2011.^[1] He made his senior debut in the 2012–13 season.^[4] He moved on loan to Radcliffe Borough in January 2015.^[5]

He later played for Northwich Victoria and Stockport Town before joining Welsh Premier League side Cefn Druids in July 2017.^[4][6] He made his league debut for the club on 8 September 2017 in a 4–0 away defeat to TNS.^[7] He scored his first league goal for the club on 30 September 2017 in a 2–1 away victory over Llandudno, scoring in the 18th minute.^[8] He went on trial with English Football League club Fleetwood Town in December 2017.^[9] He also spent time on trial with Rochdale.^[10]

On 11 December 2019, Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol announced the signing of Mudimu from 20 January 2020.^[11]

In January 2021 he signed for Turkish club Ankaraspor.^[12]

After spending time in Georgia with Torpedo Kutaisi, he returned to England in February 2022 to sign for Altrincham.^[13] On 27 February 2022, Mudimu left Altrincham after making just two league appearances for the club.^[14]

On 23 August 2022, Saburtalo Tbilisi announced the signing of Mudimu.^[15]

On 9 March 2023, he signed for Flint Town United after being released by Caernarfon Town.^[16]

On 16 August 2023, he signed for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique Béja following his departure from Flint Town United.^[17] He was released in December 2023 after making only two appearances.^[18]

International career

Mudimu was called up by the Zimbabwe national team for the first time in March 2018.^[3][10] He made his debut in the semi-final of the 2018 Four Nations Tournament, during a penalty shootout defeat against hosts Zambia on 21 March 2018.^[19]

Mudimu was later called up to Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 COSAFA Cup.^[20] Zimbabwe went on to win the tournament, beating Zambia in the final.^[21]

In October 2018, he was selected as part of Zimbabwe's squad for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.^[22]

References

1. "Profile". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
2. "Alec Mudimu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
3. Aled Williams (15 March 2018). "Alec Mudimu: Cefn Druids midfielder's Zimbabwe call-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. Alec Mudimu at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
5. Steve Whitney (19 January 2015). "Boro Bring in Two – Lose One". Non-League Pitchero. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
6. "Profile". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
7. "The New Saints vs. Cefn Druids – 8 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
8. "Llandudno vs. Cefn Druids – 30 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
9. Thomas Norris (20 December 2017). "Cefn Druids ace Alec Mudimu could swap Welsh Premer League for Football League". Leader Live. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
10. Thomas Norris (13 March 2018). "Cefn Druids midfielder Alec Mudimu earns Zimbabwe call up". Leader Live. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
11. "Добро пожаловать, Алек". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
12. Williams, Dion (13 January 2021). "Former Cefn Druids man Alec Mudimu joins Turkish outfit Ankaraspor".
13. "Alec Mudimu joins new club in England". 14 February 2022.
14. "Mudimu moves on after brief Alty stay". Altrincham FC. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
15. "Welcome Alec Mudimu". fcsaburtalo.ge (in Georgian). FC Saburtalo Tbilisi. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
16. "Zimbabwe International Alec Mudimu joins Silkmen". Retrieved 25 May 2023.
17. "Alec Mudimu unveiled at his new". Retrieved 16 August 2023.
18. Team, Soccer24 (9 December 2023). "Tunisian club terminates Alec Mudimu contract - Soccer24".
19. "Result: Zambia vs Zimbabwe". Soccer 24. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
20. "Zambia : Zimbabwe name serious team for 2018 COSAFA Cup". 15 May 2018.
21. "Zimbabwe kings of 2018 Cosafa Cup". SABC News – Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 9 June 2018.
22. "Cefn Druids ace Alec Mudimu ready for Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations double header with DR Congo". The Leader.