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Zimbabwean footballer (born 2002)

Bill Antonio
Personal information
Full name Bill Leeroy Antonio
Date of birth (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Dzivarasekwa, Zimbabwe
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Mechelen
Number 38
Youth career
0000–2020 Prince Edward School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Dynamos
2022– Jong KVM 33 (10)
2023– Mechelen 12 (3)
International career
2021– Zimbabwe 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:26, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Bill Leeroy Antonio (born 3 September 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Mechelen, and the Zimbabwe national team.

Club career

For the 2023-24 Belgian season, Antonio started in Mechelen's second team in Belgian Division 2, Jong KV. He made his professional debut for Mechelen as a substitute in a 3-0 Mechelen win over Standard Liege on 5 November 2023, and continued to make appearances off the bench for the Malinwa, scoring the winner in a 2–1 win at Gent on 19 January 2024, the club's first away win over the Buffalos since 2012.

International career

Antonio made his international debut with the Zimbabwe national team as an 18-year-old in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to South Africa on 11 November 2021. It was his first call-up.

Antonio was named in the Zimbabwe squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, but along with Panashe Mutimbanyoka and Temptation Chiwunga did not travel to Cameroon due to organisational problems.

References

  1. "DeMbare Schoolboy Bill Antonio Makes Warriors Debut – ZimEye".
  2. "Met lesje in efficiëntie smeert KV Mechelen AA Gent eerste thuisnederlaag aan (With a lesson in efficiency, KV Mechelen inflicts AA Gent's first home defeat)". Sporza (in Dutch). 19 January 2024.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "South Africa vs. Zimbabwe (1:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. Zibanda, Mehluli (8 November 2021). "Bill Antonio gets nod for World Cup qualifiers". Sunday News.
  5. "Afcon 2021: A Zimbabwe squad is named despite threat of a Fifa ban". BBC Sport. 29 December 2021.

External links

K.V. Mechelen – current squad
Zimbabwe squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Zimbabwe


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