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Zimbabwean footballer (born 2002)

Tivonge Rushesha
Personal information
Full name Tivonge Sacha Rushesha
Date of birth (2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team EFL League One
Number 14
Youth career
Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Swansea City 0 (0)
2023– Reading 4 (0)
International career
2018 Wales U17 2 (0)
2023– Zimbabwe 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Tivonge Sacha Rushesha (born 24 July 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Reading.

Club career

Rushesha made his Swansea City debut on 28 August 2019 as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 EFL Cup win against Cambridge United.

He was released by Swansea on 30 June 2023. However, on 4 August, he signed a one-year contract with League One club Reading. On 4 July 2024, Rushesha signed a new one-year contract with Reading.

International career

Rushesha was born in Zimbabwe but moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 2003. He has represented Wales at the under-17 level, playing against Kazakhstan and Portugal in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers in October 2018.

On 13 November 2023, Rushesha was named in the final squad for Zimbabwe's first two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria.

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swansea City 2019–20 Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Reading 2023–24 League One 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 11 0
Career total 4 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 12 0
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. "Swansea 6–0 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. "Swansea City confirm retained list ahead of 2023-24 season | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. "Reading bring in free-agent midfielder Rushesha". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. "RUSHESHA RETURNS TO READING!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. "Welsh Wonderkid.. The latest teenage star we've donated to the world". The Herald. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. "Final 23". twitter.com/online_zifa. Zimbabwe Football Association Twitter. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  8. "Wales - T. Rushesha - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

Reading F.C. – current squad


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