ENGLAND-based midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is set to be titled Zimbabwe senior men’s football team captain ahead of the team’s back-to-back 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria later this month.
The star, who plays for English Premier League side Luton Town, will inherit the Warriors armband from Knowledge Musona who retired from international football last year.
While many had expected France-based Marshall Munetsi to be handed the captaincy, it has emerged that new Warriors coach Baltemar Brito has given the team’s leadership role to Nakamba.
No comment could be obtained from the Brazilian expatriate, but a source confirmed to NewsDay Sport that the 29-year-old Hwange-born star, will be given the role.
Brito probably gave a clear indication that Nakamba will be his new skipper when he picked the former Bantu Rovers player to vote in the Fifa Ballon d’Or as the Zimbabwe captain representative two months ago.
“Unless something dramatic happens, it appears Brito wants Nakamba to be the new captain,” the source said.
The Fifa Ballon d’Or award is voted for by national team coaches and their captains, and a selected group of journalists.
Nakamba is one of the senior players that have been retained in the Warriors squad to face Rwanda and Nigeria, together with the likes of Munetsi, goalkeeper Washington Arubi, Tendayi Darikwa, Teenage Hadebe, Jordan Zemura and Tino Kadewere.
Source Newsday
