- Peter Ndlovu
Football player infobox
playername = Peter Ndlovu
fullname = Peter Ndlovu
nickname = Bulawayo Bullet, Bulawayo Bomber, Nsukuzonke
height = 1.73m (5ft 8½in)
weight =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|2|25
cityofbirth =Bulawayo
countryofbirth =Rhodesia
currentclub = Thanda Royal Zulu
clubnumber =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-1990 1991-1997 1997-2001 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-2008
2008-
clubs =Highlanders FC
Coventry City
Birmingham City
→ Huddersfield Town (loan) Sheffield UnitedMamelodi Sundowns FC Thanda Royal Zulu
caps(goals) =
141 (39)
77 (23)
6 (4)
114 (25)
81 (20)
nationalyears = 1991-2006
nationalteam = Zimbabwe
nationalcaps(goals) = 100 (38)
pcupdate =June 21 ,2008
ntupdate =November 3 ,2006 Peter Ndlovu (born
February 25 ,1973 inBulawayo ) is aZimbabwe anfootball (soccer) striker .Club career
Ndlovu was signed from Highlanders by Coventry City in July 1991 and became one of the most popular and talented footballers to play at Coventry's Highfield Road ground, scoring the first away team hat-trick at Liverpool's Anfield stadium in over 30 years. He also scored the second Premiership goal. It is thought that the club turned down a then-massive £4 million offer from Arsenal at the end of the 1994 season for his services.
Ndlovu eventually moved to Birmingham City in July 1997 for a fee of £1.6m after scoring 37 goals for the Sky Blues in 177 League games. After spending time on loan for Huddersfield Town in 2000, he moved to Sheffield United in February 2001.
Ndlovu also enjoyed success at Sheffield United and was known to their fans as 'Nuddy'. With him playing on the right side of midfield, Sheffield United managed to get to two semi-finals of major cup competitions, in addition to the final of the Championship (formerly Division 1) play-offs in the 2002-03 season.
He scored the winning goal against fc|Leeds United in the 2002 Worthington Cup competition and scored an hat-trick against fc|Cardiff City in 2003-04. He left the Blades in the summer of 2004 having scored 25 goals in 135 league games. In all, Ndlovu scored more than 90 goals (many memorable) during his 12 seasons and 338 appearances in the top two flights of the English football league.
Ndlovu signed for
South African Premier Soccer League outfitMamelodi Sundowns during the 2004 off-season.Thanda Royal Zulu have made one of their major signings before transfer window closes today by bringing former Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Ndlovu on board.
International career
A veteran of 100 international games, Ndlovu is the all-time leading scorer for the Zimbabwean national team. He also led his nation to qualification for their first African Cup of Nations (held in 2004 in Tunisia) as well as their second appearance at the 2006 tournament in Egypt. He played several international games alongside former Liverpool goalkeeper
Bruce Grobbelaar in the early-1990s.Personal life
Ndlovu's brothers, Adam and Madinda, were also international players. The brothers played on the streets of
Makokoba, Zimbabwe , where they grew up. Peter also played in both his primary and secondary schools and his hometown team Highlanders before joining Coventry in 1991.Honours
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Premier Soccer League Champion: 2 05/06, 06/07External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5786 Profile at Soccerbase]
* [http://www.uglyfootballers.com/content/images/footballers/nationwide/ndlovu/images/ndlovu01.jpguglyfootballers.com]
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