Vitalis Takawira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitalis Takawira | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 15, 2010 | |||
Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972 [1] in Salisbury) is a retired Zimbabwean football player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe, Switzerland and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team.
Career
He came to prominence in Zimbabwe while playing for popular Harare outfit, Dynamos, where he was top goal scorer for five seasons. Takawira was the top scorer in the Zimbabwean First Division three times and won the African Golden Boot in 1994. He signed with Major League Soccer in 1996, and was allocated to Kansas City Wiz (later Wizards).[2] Takawira spent the next four years with Kansas City, playing 110 times, with 29 goals scored and 19 assists in the league [1]. After goals, he would often celebrate with the Digital Crawl, where he would get down and walk on all fours as teammates joined in.
After leaving MLS, Takawira moved down to the A-League, where he played for Milwaukee Rampage and Milwaukee Wave United. He was named A-League MVP in 2000 and helped Rampage to the league title in 2002.
For Zimbabwe, Takawira played from 1992-1999[3], and scored 12 goals in 26 appearances.
References
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Vitalis is the young brother to Claudius Hokoyo Zviripayi and have young brothers in Zimbabwe, Vincent and Muchineripi. The two siblings looked sharper than the two older brothers when they were growing up, in terms of football skill but as they grow much older , they couldn't match the brilliance of Claudius and Vitalis.In terms of skill i think Claudius was more talented than Vitalis but Vitalis was more luckier though, just like Benjani. Vitalis was more talented than Benji but hey, look at it today. We salute you guys, you have inspired a lot of people and they shall not be any Zim football history without the mention of your names , your contributions will forever be cherished. Elliot