Mudimu’s love for Zim remains undented

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Mudimu’s love for Zim remains undented Alec Mudimu

eBusiness Weekly

Veronica Gwaze

WARRIORS trusted centre back Alec Mudimu’s tale is that of a man who could have been taken out of the country when he was still six, but his love for the nation remained undented.

The 24-year-old Warrior exudes a rare love for his nation and whenever he dons the national team colours, he reckons he puts all his soul into it.

Despite circumstances that led him to being a footballer, Mudimu’s love for soccer has become something he cannot hide.

Born in Harare in 1995, he had to relocate to Hertfordshire soon after his father’s death.

And the 1,85m tall defender would not have been a footballer had it not been for his brother Abel who forced him onto the pitch back in 2007 when he was 12.

Their mother Violet, a social worker by then, was at work and his brother, Abel who loved soccer asked Mudimu to help him with a drill at a close by pitch.

That invite was to be the birth of the centre back‘s football career.

His brother who now turns out for Spartan South Midlands League under Codicote Football Club, had to persuade Mudimu into football after he was impressed during the drill.

Naturally, he was into athletics, never interested in football and yet he has grown to love football with so much dedication.

Over the recent past, he has become one of the most trusted and consistent man on the Warriors squad.

“I never really liked football, believe it or not. I was a games person but not soccer, I never imagined myself playing,” said Mudimu.

His first experience with football was at Sheffield Juniors where he recalls how he was surprised when coaches confirmed that he was a talented footballer.

To him, the first day experience was not as tough as he had imagined it to be and he reckons it actually felt fun.

In 2012, he joined Stalybridge Celtic before cracking into its senior side a year later.

He later moved to Radcliffe, Northwich Victoria, and Stock Port Town respectively before finding home at his current club, Cefn Druids.

The Warrior, spotted during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Zambia recently kissing his Warriors badge, revealed that to him, soccer is never about money, but that he has grown to love the sport.

A Warriors call up is something he does not need to think twice about to accept.

To him, it is a platform to express himself and profess a rare kind of love that he has for his motherland.

Having lost his father when he was still a toddler, Mudimu feels the Warriors jersey draws him closer to his roots.

“National duty is something that I do for my father, I believe he is always watching me from above because I never got a real chance to do it for him when he was still alive.

“For me it is about having pride and honour with where I came from. I just love my country hence the need to embrace my roots,” he said.

And often times when he dons the national team colours, he wishes his father could have been there watching him do what he now loves most.

Growing up without a father figure in his life is something that arouses emotions for him.

He said words cannot express the experiences he went through and how the mother had to play the mother, father role for the family.

Growing up in a Christian background, Mudimu, while he is generally a quite character, most often he posts something on the warriors social media group, his message is — “it is prayer time”.

The Wales based defender describes his life as a ‘miracle’.

This often reflects on his first national team call up back in March, 2018.

The Warriors were still under Sunday Chidzambwa mentorship by then and to him the call up was a miracle he describes with passion.

Again his brief moment as Warriors captain when he led the charges to Somalia where they were defeated 1-0 by the hosts before a 3-1 victory in the return fixture at National Sports Stadium.

And that was a miracle to the left handed lad.

Deputised by Super Sport United’s Kudakwashe Mahachi, Mudimu had taken over from Knowledge Musona.

Musona himself, became captain after featuring on the national team for seven years.

Naturally, one would be expected to be entrusted with such a responsibility after featuring for four or more years as a player but miraculously for the lanky defender, he captained after just a year in national team colours.

And he describes that as a miracle.

“Everything about my football life is just a     miracle.

“I remember the day warriors manager Wellington Mpandare called me to say we want you on the national team’.

“It never quite seemed to be true, I had not pictured myself like that and it was my career’s best moment, it came as a blessing.

“Each time I wear the Warriors jersey, I feel closer to my father, I may not really show it but I always do it for him,” revealed Mudimu.

Currently, he has shifted focus to next year August when the Warriors face Algeria in their next 2012 African Cup Of Nations qualifiers.

To him, the Warriors have what it takes to secure a spot at AFCON.

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