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Blessing "YoGo-Yogo" Makunike (24 January 1977 – 13 March 2004) was a Zimbabwean international football player.

Blessing Makunike
Personal information
Full name Blessing Makunike
Date of birth (1977-01-24)24 January 1977
Place of birth Salisbury, Rhodesia
Date of death 13 March 2004(2004-03-13) (aged 28)
Place of death Harare, Zimbabwe
Position(s) Central Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kadoma Wildcats
1997–2002 CAPS United
2002–2003 FK Javor
2003–2004 CAPS United
National team
1998–2001 Zimbabwe 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career


Blessing Makunike started his career in 1997 with Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League club CAPS United F.C., where he played until the end of the 2002 season. Together with his teammate, Leonard Tsipa, he then spent half a season with Serbian club FK Javor, where international Zimbabwean footballer Mike Temwanjera, together with other African players, helped them incorporate into the squad. However, he and Leonard went back to CAPS in the next summer, playing in the second semester of the 2003 Zimbabwean football season.


Car accident


On 13 March 2004, Blessing, together with two other players, Shingirai Alron and Gary Mashoko, and two supporters, burned to death when their car hit the pillar of the bridge and caught fire, the greatest loss of lives in a single incident in Zimbabwean football.[1]


Honours


CAPS United

International career


From 1998 to 2001 he played eight matches for the Zimbabwe national football team having scored one goal.


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External sources




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Blessing Makunike (Salisbury, 24 gennaio 1977 – Harare, 13 marzo 2004) è stato un calciatore zimbabwese, di ruolo difensore.



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