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Blessing Makunike (24 January 1977 – 13 March 2004) was a Zimbabwean international footballer.
Club career
Makunike started his career in 1997 with Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League club CAPS United F.C., where he played until the end of the 2002 season. Together with his teammate, Leonard Tsipa, he then spent half a season with Serbian club FK Javor Ivanjica, where international Zimbabwean footballer Mike Temwanjera, together with other African players, helped them incorporate into the squad. However, he and Leonard went back to CAPS in the next summer, playing in the second semester of the 2003 Zimbabwean football season.
International career
From 1998 to 2001 he played eight matches for the Zimbabwe national football team having scored one goal.
Car accident
On 13 March 2004, Makunike, together with two other players, Shingirai Alron and Gary Mashoko, and two supporters, burned to death when their car hit the pillar of the bridge and caught fire, the greatest loss of lives in a single incident in Zimbabwean football.
Honours
CAPS United
Zimbabwe Premier League: 2004
Zimbabwe Cup: 1997, 1998, 2004
Independence Trophy: 1997
References
External links
Blessing Makunike – FIFA competition record (archived)
Blessing Makunike at National-Football-Teams.com
"Team profile in Geocities". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Blessing Makunike at Srbijafudbal
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2002 – Babak Kedua CAF
- Blessing Makunike
- Blessing (name)
- Mutare
- Deaths in March 2004
- FK Javor Ivanjica
- List of foreign footballers in top leagues of former Yugoslavia
- Mike Temwanjera
- List of foreign football players in Serbia
- Leonard Tsipa
- 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round
