Mercenaries (basketball)

Mercenaries
Mercenaries
Leagues	Manicaland Basketball Association
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
Location	Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Head coach	Innocent Sithole
Championships	1 National Championship ; 13 Manicaland League
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Mercenaries is a basketball club based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the team has competed in the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA), winning a league championship in each season.

History

Mercenaries was founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Mutare, led by Innocent Sithole, who hoped to make money playing together in basketball tournaments. In 2006, the club joined the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA). Since then, it has won 13 consecutive league titles without losing a single game.^[1]

In 2019, Mercenaries won its first National Basketball Club Championship, becoming the first team from outside Harare and Bulawayo to do so.^[2]

Honours

Zimbabwe National Championship

Champions (1): 2019

Manicaland Basketball Association

Champions (13): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

In African competitions

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

2020

– First Round

Personnel

Current roster

The following is the Mercenaries roster for the

2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments:^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Mercenaries roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
	2	Jumburu, Timothy
PG	5	Chitsinde, Tawanda
G	8	Njovo, Tinashe
	10	Muchakubvura, Peterson
	11	Sanyatwe, Trevor-Joe
	12	Sithole, Innocent
	14	Pfachi, Dyvonne
C	15	Chivanganye, Neville
SG	21	Maturure, Tatenda
	23	Dowera, Tanaka
	35	Tswatswa, Tatenda

Head coach

Innocent Sithole

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 November 2019

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Tatenda Maturure

References

^ Tichawangana, Tafadzwa (10 May 2019). "Hail the Mercenaries!". The Manica Post. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Ruzh, Fiona (8 May 2019). "Mercenaries make b-ball history". H-Metro. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ Mercenaries at FIBA.com

External links

Mercenaries Basketball Club on Twitter

[hail-1] Tichawangana, Tafadzwa (10 May 2019). "Hail the Mercenaries!". The Manica Post. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[fiona-2] Ruzh, Fiona (8 May 2019). "Mercenaries make b-ball history". H-Metro. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[3] Mercenaries at FIBA.com

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