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{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer and manager (born 1952)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Sunday Chidzambwa
|image          =
|caption        =
|fullname       = Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|05|04}}
|birth_place    = [[Chivhu|Enkeldoorn]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]
|height         =
|position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|currentclub    = 
|years1         =
|clubs1         = [[Dynamos F.C.|Dynamos]]
|caps1          =
|goals1         =
|nationalyears1 =
|nationalteam1  = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
|nationalcaps1  =
|nationalgoals1 =
|manageryears1  =
|managerclubs1  = [[Dynamos F.C.|Dynamos]]
|manageryears2  = 2003–2004
|managerclubs2  = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
|manageryears3  = 2004
|managerclubs3  = [[Umtata Bush Bucks]]
|manageryears4  = 2007
|managerclubs4  = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
|manageryears5  = 2008–2010
|managerclubs5  = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
|manageryears6  = 2010
|managerclubs6  = [[Free State Stars]]
|manageryears7  = 2010–2012
|managerclubs7  = [[Black Leopards]]
|manageryears8  = 2017–2019
|managerclubs8  = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
}}

'''Sunday Marimo Chidzambwa''' is a Zimbabwean association [[Association football|football]] coach and former player.

==Early and personal life==
He was born in [[Chivhu|Enkeldoorn]]. <ref>{{NFT player|pid=55285|accessdate=11 October 2019}}</ref> He is nicknamed "Mhofu" in Zimbabwe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-sports-sc-soccer-byo-8581-article-Sunday+'Mhofu'+Chidzambwa+resigns.html|title=Sunday 'Mhofu' Chidzambwa resigns|last=eDuzeNet|work=Bulawayo24 News|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> His younger brother [[Misheck Chidzambwa|Misheck]] was also a Zimbabwean international player who later became a coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/misheck-chidzambwa-mussa-unite/|title=Misheck Chidzambwa, Mussa unite|first=The|last=Herald|website=The Herald}}</ref>

==Career==
Marimo played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Dynamos F.C.|Dynamos]], with whom he won five league championships.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

He also played at international level for [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]], appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1980.<ref>{{FIFA player|53653}}</ref>

After retiring as a player, he went on to manage [[Dynamos F.C.|Dynamos]], the [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe national team]] (in 2004 at the [[2004 African Cup of Nations]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3758869.stm|title=Marimo quits Zimbabwe|date=28 May 2004|author=Steve Vickers|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6940482.stm|title=Marimo returns to coach Zimbabwe|date=10 August 2007|author=John Mhunga|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>), and South African team [[Umtata Bush Bucks]], where he was unable to take up the position because he lost his passport; he was replaced by [[Clemens Westerhof]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3605798.stm|title=Marimo misses job|date=27 August 2007|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He was re-appointed manager of [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]] in November 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7737190.stm|title=Chidzambwa makes Warriors return|date=19 November 2008|author=John Mhunga|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> leaving in May 2010 to manage South Africa's [[Free State Stars]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8659283.stm|title=Cidzambwa quits as coach of Zimbabwe|date=4 May 2005|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Marimo quit Free State Stars in August 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/SPORTS-3362-Chidzambwa+abruptly+quits+Free+State/SPORTS.aspx|title=Chidzambwa abruptly quits Free State|date=20 September 2005|author=Nkanyiso Moyo|publisher=New Zimbabwe}}</ref> later becoming manager of [[Black Leopards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/30338/black-leopards-coach-sunday-chidzambwa-insists-they-can-shock-kaizer-chiefs|title=Chidzambwa fired up for Chiefs test|date=13 September 2012|author= Farirayi Kahwemba|publisher=Kickoff}}</ref> On 20 October 2012 was banned by the FIFA and ZIFA for match fixing the next 10 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/sport/football/61650/sunday-chidzambwa-rushwaya-get-life.html|title=Sunday Chidzambwa, Rushwaya get life bans|date=20 October 2012|author=Moses Chibaye|publisher=The Zimbabwean|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105161034/http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/sport/football/61650/sunday-chidzambwa-rushwaya-get-life.html|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> He was appointed as one of three Zimbabwe national team coaches in July 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40492547|title=Zimbabwe employ three national coaches|date=4 July 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> He resigned in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49113707|title=Sunday Chidzambga resigns as Zimbabwe's national team coach|date=25 July 2019|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Zimbabwe Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Zimbabwe squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Zimbabwe national football team managers}}

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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Chivhu]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean men's footballers]]
[[Category:Zimbabwe men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean football managers]]
[[Category:Dynamos F.C. players]]
[[Category:Zimbabwe national football team managers]]
[[Category:Free State Stars F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Black Leopards F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean expatriates in South Africa]]
[[Category:2004 African Cup of Nations managers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Midlands Province]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean expatriate football managers]]


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