Ranga Chivaviro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ranga Piniel Chivaviro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Limpopo, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Adalah | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Witbank Spurs | 32 | (6) |
| 2016 | Cape Town All Stars | 10 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Ubuntu Cape Town | 50 | (16) |
| 2018–2020 | Baroka | 24 | (2) |
| 2019 | → TS Sporting (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2021 | Trepça '89 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Venda FA | 10 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Marumo Gallants | 19 | (10) |
| 2023–2025 | Kaizer Chiefs | 39 | (7) |
| 2025– | Al-Adalah | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2024 | |||
Ranga Chivaviro (born 21 November 1992) is a South African soccer player who plays for Saudi First Division League side Al-Adalah, as a forward. He was born in Limpopo,[1] to a South African mother and a Zimbabwean father.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Chivaviro played for Witbank Spurs, Cape Town All Stars and Ubuntu Cape Town,[2] before signing for South African Premier Division side Baroka in the summer of 2018.[3] After spending part of the 2019–20 season on loan at TS Sporting, he was released by Baroka at the end of the season.[4][5]
In March 2021, Chivaviro signed for Kosovar side KF Trepça '89.[6] He left the club at the end of the season. In September 2021, he returned to South Africa and signed with Venda FA. He left the club in June 2022.[7]
In August 2022, Chivaviro joined Marumo Gallants[8] and was part of the Gallants side that progressed to the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals.
In the first leg of their quarter-final, Gallants drew 1–1 against Pyramids in Cairo. Chivaviro gave Gallants a 1–0 lead early in the second half, but Pyramids drew level with a stoppage time penalty. In the return leg in South Africa, Gallants won 1–0 to secure their semi-final place.[9][10][11][12][13]
Gallants took on 2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League champions Young Africans in the two legged semi-finals. In the first leg in Tanzania on May 10, Young Africans took a 2–0 first leg lead with two goals in the second half.[14][15][16][17]
Ahead of the return leg, Chivaviro and Young Africans' Fiston Kalala Mayele are currently the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup's joint top goalscorers, with five goals each.
On 30 June 2023, it was announced that Chivaviro had signed for Kaizer Chiefs.[18]
On 19 September 2025, Chivaviro joined Saudi First Division League side Al-Adalah.[19]
References
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- ^ Ranga Chivaviro at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2020.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- ^ Ranga Chivaviro, Mphakamiseni Nene sign for KF Trepca '89 in Kosovo, snl24.com, 22 March 2021
- ^ Mass exodus of players continues!, snl24.com, 8 June 2022
- ^ CHIVAVIRO JOINS GALLANTS, inksport.co.za, 20 August 2022
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ranga Chivaviro at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Living people
- 1992 births
- South African men's soccer players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Limpopo
- Men's association football forwards
- Witbank Spurs F.C. players
- All Stars F.C. (South Africa) players
- Ubuntu Cape Town F.C. players
- Baroka F.C. players
- TS Sporting F.C. players
- KF Trepça '89 players
- Marumo Gallants F.C. players
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- Al Adalah Club players
- South African Premier Division players
- National First Division players
- Saudi First Division League players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo