Tostao Kwashi
Lê Tostao
Personal information
Full name Fungai "Tostao" Kwashi
Date of birth (1979-12-22) 22 December 1979
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-winger
Youth career
1987/88–1996 CAPS United F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 CAPS United 59 (12)
2001–2002 Fisher Ahletic 19 (4)
2002–2003 Gravesend & Northfleet 33 (5)
2003–2004 Margate 3 (0)
2004 Dartford 17 (7)
2005–2006 Long An 8 (6)
2006 Hải Phòng 1 (0)
2006–2009 Long An 38 (9)
2010–2011 Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa 10 (0)
2011–2012 Long An 16 (3)
2012–2013 Xuân Thành Sài Gòn 5 (0)
International career
1997–1999 Zimbabwe U23 3 (0)
1999–2005 Zimbabwe[1] 9 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 CAPS United F.C. (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fungai "Tostao" Kwashi (born 22 December 1979) is a Zimbabwean assistant football manager.

The Zimbabwe international was revealed as an assistant coach for CAPS United F.C. in 2014.[2] According to a sports correspondent, he was inspired by his father Steve "Dude" Kwashi to coach at his former club.[3]

Playing career

He was handed his debut at age 16 in an encounter versus Black Aces in 1996.[3]

Studying at Greenwich University while playing for Dartford F.C., he netted 17 goals and was admired for his goal-scoring ability by the fans.[4]

Amateur club Gravesend & Northfleet were unable to condone his illicit behavior and decided to let him go at the end of the August 2003.[5]

An array of European and African clubs expressed desire to sign him in 2008.[6]

Tostao won V league title with Dongtam Long An in 2005, Vilube FA Cup.The striker also won 2 Super Cups with Hai Phong FC in 2007 and 2010 with Thanh Hoa FC.

Personal life

President of Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Triết officially agreed to confer citizenship upon Kwashi Tostao in 2010.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tostao Kwashi – National Football Teams". Nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Kwashi's Caps delight". Southern Eye. 9 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Musah Gwaunza (2015-01-09). "'Dude' inspired me: Tostao". The Herald. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Kwashi proves his loyalty to Dartford". Kentishfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  5. ↑ "BBC SPORT - Football - African - Zimbabwe striker sacked". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Cheeseman, Rona (2008-11-03). "Six foreign clubs after Tostao Kwashi - The Zimbabwean". Thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  7. ↑ "Cầu thủ Lê Tostao được nhập quốc tịch Việt Nam". VietnamPlus.vn. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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