{"id":4019,"date":"2024-08-27T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:39:24","slug":"new-zim-warriors-coach-names-full-of-foreign-based-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4019","title":{"rendered":"New Zim Warriors Coach Names full of Foreign Based Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe Warriors head coach Michael Nees has named a squad comprising mostly foreign-based players for the upcoming AFCON 2025 Qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have trust in these players, and I believe they have what it takes to represent Zimbabwe on the international stage,&#8221; Nees said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad includes UK-born Jordan Zemura, who had previously threatened to quit international football, as well as Tanzanian-based Prince Dube, who is expected to address the team&#8217;s goal-scoring concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulars Teenage Hadebe, Marshall Munetsi, and Tinotenda Kadewere also feature in the squad, alongside local players Andrew Mbeba, Godknows Murwira, and Emmanuel Jalai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to ensure that I was inclusive of players from different teams and backgrounds,&#8221; Nees said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Warriors will report for camp in Kampala on September 1, 2024, ahead of their matches against Kenya and Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am confident that this squad has the talent and dedication to make Zimbabwe proud,&#8221; Nees added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Zimbabwe Warriors head coach Michael Nees has named a squad comprising mostly foreign-based players for the upcoming AFCON 2025 Qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon. &#8220;I have trust in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4021,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions\/4021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}