{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Charles Sibanda | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Charles Sibanda | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Bulawayo, zimbabwe | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = Bulawayo Chiefs | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2008–2009 |clubs1 = Hwange |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 2009–2011 |clubs2 = Motor Action |caps2 = |goals2 = | years3 = 2011–2014 |clubs3 = Platinum |caps3 = |goals3 = | years4 = 2014–2015 |clubs4 = Highlanders |caps4 = |goals4 = | years5 = 2015–2019 |clubs5 = How Mine |caps5 = |goals5 = | years6 = 2020– |clubs6 = Bulawayo Chiefs | nationalyears1 = 2010– |nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe |nationalcaps1 = 11 |nationalgoals1 = 2 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 27 June 2016 | nationalteam-update = 27 June 2016 }}
'''Charles Sibanda''' (born 30 March 1985) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Bulawayo Chiefs and the Zimbabwe national team.<ref name="Ref1">{{cite web | url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/01/06/zimbabwe-warriors-leave-chan-tournament/ | title=Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Chan tournament | publisher=newsday.co.zw | accessdate=12 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Ref2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosafa.com/index.php/press/latest-cosafa-news/365-zimbabwe-name-final-squad-for-chan-tournament |title=Zimbabwe name final squad for CHAN tournament |publisher=cosafa.com |accessdate=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221182019/http://www.cosafa.com/index.php/press/latest-cosafa-news/365-zimbabwe-name-final-squad-for-chan-tournament |archivedate=21 February 2014 }}</ref>
==Career== ===Club=== Hwange were Sibanda's first club, he stayed with the club for one year before departing to join Motor Action.<ref name="Pindula">{{cite news|title=Charles Sibanda profile|url=http://www.pindula.co.zw/Charles_Sibanda|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Pindula|date=27 June 2016}}</ref> With Motor Action, Sibanda won the 2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League title and subsequently won the 2010 Soccer Star of the Year award.<ref name="RSSSF1">{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe 2010|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zimb2010.html|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=RSSSF|date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="2010 Award">{{cite news|title=Charles Sibanda named Soccer Star of the Year|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/sports-4349-SibandanamedSoccerStaroftheYear/sports.aspx|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=New Zimbabwe|date=28 January 2011}}</ref> Platinum became his third club in 2011 when he agreed to join the Zvishavane-based club, he remained there for three years. Moves to Highlanders and How Mine have since followed.<ref name="Pindula"/> In 2015, Sibanda was involved in a serious car accident, he sustained injuries to his right shoulder, his right collar bone and one of his lungs. He has since made a full recovery.<ref name="Accident1">{{cite news|title=Sibanda involved in accident|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/sibanda-involved-in-accident/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Herald|date=23 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Accident2">{{cite news|title=Charlie survives car crash|url=http://www.chronicle.co.zw/charlie-survives-car-crash/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Chronicle|date=23 June 2015}}</ref>
===International=== In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil.<ref name="Ref3">{{cite web |url=http://en.starafrica.com/football/chan-2014/ |title=CHAN 2014: awards and team of the CHAN |publisher=en.starafrica.com |accessdate=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219235052/http://en.starafrica.com/football/chan-2014/ |archivedate=19 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Ref4">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/tagged/warriors | title=Articles tagged 'warriors' | publisher=dailynews.co.zw | accessdate=12 February 2014 | archive-date=28 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228061939/http://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/tagged/warriors | url-status=dead }}</ref> Overall, Sibanda has played 11 times and scored 2 goals for Zimbabwe.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite news|title=Charles Sibanda profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/charles-sibanda/172304/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Soccerway|date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="World Football">{{cite news|title=Charles Sibanda profile|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe269573/charles-sibanda/|access-date=27 June 2016|work=World Football|date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== {{updated|27 June 2016}}.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="World Football"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Zimbabwe |2010||1||0 |- |2011||3||0 |- |2012||1||1 |- |2013||2||1 |- |2014||4||0 |- |2015||0||0 |- |2016||0||0 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!11!!2 |}
===International goals=== {{updated|27 June 2016}}. ''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="World Football"/>
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !Goal!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- | 1 || 17 July 2012 || Molopolole Sports Complex, Molepolole, Botswana || {{fb|LES}} || align=center | '''5'''–3 || align=center | 5–3 || Three Nations Tournament |- | 2 || 24 August 2013 || Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia || {{fb|ZAM}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2014 African Nations Championship qualification |- |}
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Motor Action *Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (1): 2010<ref name="RSSSF1"/>
;Platinum * Zimbabwean Independence Trophy (2): 2012,<ref name="RSSSF2">{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe 2012|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zimb2012.html|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=RSSSF|date=27 June 2016}}</ref> 2014<ref name="RSSSF3">{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe 2014|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zimb2014.html|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=RSSSF|date=27 June 2016}}</ref> * Cup of Zimbabwe (1): 2014<ref name="RSSSF3"/>
===Individual=== * Soccer Star of the Year (1): 2010<ref name="2010 Award"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sibanda, Charles}} Category:Living people Category:Zimbabwean men's footballers Category:Zimbabwe men's A' international footballers Category:21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Category:2014 African Nations Championship players Category:1985 births Category:Hwange Colliery F.C. players Category:Motor Action F.C. players Category:F.C. Platinum players Category:Highlanders F.C. players Category:How Mine F.C. players Category:Bulawayo Chiefs F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Zimbabwe men's international footballers Category:2011 African Nations Championship players
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