ONE of Zimbabwe’s longest serving premiership stars, Dananai Chinowawa has lambasted regionalism in the selection process of the Castle Lager Premier League soccer stars of the year finalists.
REPORT BY KENNETH NYANGANI
Chinowawa (34), who is currently the top-flight football side Buffaloes skipper, started his illustrious career at former premiership outfit Tanganda 18 years ago and is one of the most experienced players in the country’s elite league.
With all the experience, he was last weekend voted as the army side’s most loyal player and player’s player of the year at the club’s end of year award ceremony that was held in Mutare.
In an interview with Standardsport recently, the ageless right-back said he was looking forward to adding four more years to his career, also adding that his passion for the game was keeping him going.
“I think we did well this season to end on the sixth position considering that we were coming from Division One the previous campaign and the issue is that we also had youngsters, but I was not happy because not even one of our players made it onto the final 11 list,” he said.
“I think the issue of regionalism is affecting us, because we have two or three players who at least deserved to be in the top 11, but after all, this is football and we are promising to perform better next season.”
The talented defender still remembers vividly the days when he cut his teeth with the likes of Alois Bunjira, Collins Kabote, Stewart Murisa, Lylod Mutasa when he was a 16-year-old at Tanganda in 1994.
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“Passion for the game is keeping me going, I play the game to satisfy myself, my coaches and my fans. Next year will be my 19th year in the premiership and my debut game was against Mhangura and we won 3-2 away, these are the years I used to play against the likes of Lloyd Mutasa and Alois Bunjira.”
