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#43 Zimbabwe (Home, 2006/2008)
Usually, shirts from african teams are great. Good designs, plenty of colours, some crazy and out of the box ideas. Clearly not the case with this Zimbabwe shirt, which seems it travelled all the way from the 90's (the bad part of the decade, I mean) to 2006.
The design is pretty terrible, the material is a disgrace, and overall it looks like a really really cheap shirt. But hey, at least it fits nice in any collection! Zimbabwe also sounds cool, and their flag looks neat, so I think things don't get that terrible.
A lot of people will recognize this shirt, it was a regular appearence on eBay and other shirt sites (they had it for a reasonable price at Classic Football Shirts). It was a smart and much appreciated birthday present from my football mates, I threw (as usual) a good barbeque with beer and other alcoholic drinks at my place, and they gave me this Zimbabwe shirt. Thanks, guys.
As you can see, it's pretty much a yellow and green template from italian brand Legea. They have some crazy measures too, the sleeves are huge and overall it feels a bit baggy, but of course it's an exotic item.
Time to learn a bit about football in the country.
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| See the sleeves? Oh, this is Peter Ndlovu. |
Not much to say, really. They usually never qualify for the African Cup of Nations, never managed to qualify for a World Cup, and actually were thrown out the Qualification Stages for WC2018. Terrible. They seem to enjoy some success at the COSAFA Cup, a competition for Southern African countries. Current members include decent squads like Angola, South Africa and Zambia, but something tells me those FAs don't send their best players to a minor cup.
Best current players include Costa Nhamoinesu, who plays for Sparta Prague, and Musona, who had spells in Germany and is now playing in Belgium. Ndlovu is probably their best known player of all time, after many years in the Premier League. Oh, and crazy keeper Bruce Grobelaar, a Liverpool legend, who earned around 30 caps for Zimbabwe (previously Rhodesia), where he grew up.
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| Grobelaar and an unkown player |
Ok, now to the best part. Let's have a look at the Zimbabwe Premier League.
Current champions - Chicken Inn FC. It's literally a football team created by a fast-food chain. The KFC of Zimbabwe, let's say.
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| Contact me if you know how to get their shirt. |
Triangle United did well last season. Yeah, Triangle United. The Sugar Sugar Boys. Their crest is actually a triangle.
And of course, let's not forget bloody dictator Robert Mugabe.
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| Zimbabwe 2026 CONFIRMED! |
And some pictures of some of their more recent shirts, which are actually quite good.
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| Umbro |
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| Their current kit by Joma |
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