Kingston Nkhatha

Kingston Nkhatha
Personal information
Full name Kingston Brooklyn Nkhatha
Date of birth (1985-10-27) 27 October 1985
Place of birth Zvimba, Zimbabwe
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Super Sports United FC
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2007 Buymore Chitungwiza 82 (75)
2007 CAPS F.C. 17 (12)
2007–2011 Free State Stars 41 (5)
2008–2009 →Carara Kicks (loan) 20 (11)
2011–2012 Black Leopards 22 (8)
2012–2015 Kaizer Chiefs 69 (16)
2015- Supersport United 10 (1)
National team‡
2007– Zimbabwe 10 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:53, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Kingston Nkhatha (born 27 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a striker for Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier Soccer League and Zimbabwe.[1]

Kaizer Chiefs

He joined Chiefs in July 2012 under new coach Stuart Baxter. He made his league debut on 11 August 2012 in a 6-0 win over a AmaZulu. He scored the second goal on debut in the 42nd minute. He went on to score eight goals in 24 matches for the 2012-13 season.[2] Nkhatha urged fans to stop booing him or other players when fans started to boo him towards the end of the 2012-13 and the beginning of the 2013-14 season. He said "As a professional, you cannot take these things to heart otherwise they will destroy you. But I still ask our fans to stop doing it. It is not good for the team."[3] He scored his first goal of the 2013-14 as an equaliser in the Soweto derby to silence critics. He also started off the 2014 CAF Champions League campaign with a brace in a 3-0 win over Black Africa on 8 February 2014. The first, a long range shot and the second, a header over advancing goalkeeper, Arnold Subeb after a pinpoint drop kick from Itumeleng Khune in the 87th minute.[4] Nkhatha scored 7 goals in the 2013-14 season again.[5] During 2014-15 pre-season friendlies, he scored against Chippa United in a 4-2 win in Port Elizabeth[6] he competed in the 2014 Carling Black Label Cup but got injured and bruised his thigh in the 23rd minute after clashing with Senzo Meyiwa.[7] In the fourth quarter final of the MTN8 2014, Nkhatha scored Chiefs' second goal only in the 5th minute after taking the lead from Reneilwe Letsholonyane's 2nd-minute goal, with an 22-yard volley that first hit the underside of the cross bar. Chiefs won 4-0.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Kingston Nkhatha at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Kingston Nkhatha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Nkhatha: Stop booing players | Sport24". M.news24.com. 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Nkhatha brace sinks Black Africans". Thenewage.co.za. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  5. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22288/Kingston_Nkhatha.html
  6. ↑ http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/south-africa/club-friendly-match-report-chippa-united-2-4-kaizer-chiefs-20-july-2014/169922
  7. ↑ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/teams/kaizer-chiefs/kingston-nkhatha-injury-could-be-serious-says-stuart-baxter/170748
  8. ↑ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/leagues/mtn8/mtn8-quarter-final-report-kaizer-chiefs-4-0-mp-black-aces/171670
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