Awakhiwe Tshalibe dreaming big

FANS favourite Zimbabwe soccer Under-15 young star Awakhiwe Tshalibe has revealed that he dreams of playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

The 14-year-old Chicken Inn skilful winger had a life changing campaign in the Cosafa Schools Under-15 tournament which was held at Gateway High School in Harare.

He played as a starter in most parts of the tournament in which the young stars finished in third place after defeating Namibia in the third place match.

The Mpopoma High School student said his dream is to play for the biggest club in England.

“My dream is to play for any big club in England. I believe I can do it if I keep working hard and I keep on praying that my dream comes true.

I am happy for the team. We wanted to win the tournament but unfortunately we did not start well, but I am happy with how we finished the other games,” said Tshalibe.

Zimbabwe’s Under-15 side had a bad start to the tournament, losing their first game 4-0 to losing finalists Malawi.

They went on to win all the remaining games leading to their qualification to the third play off in which they went on to beat Namibia 1-0 through a goal from one of the impressive players Elshadai Sadomba, son to the legendary former DeMbare player Edward Sadomba.

Zimbabwe pocketed US$50 000 for finishing third while South Africa who finished as the champions of the tournament took home a cheque of US$100 000.

Malawi finished as runners-up and they took home US$75 000.

South Africa also finished as the champions in the women’s team after beating Botswana 3-1 in the final.

Youngsters such as Tshalibe and Sadomba will be hoping that such a tournament will kick-start their careers and they become one of the biggest talents in the country.