{{short description|American soccer player (born 1995)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Devyn Jambga | image = | caption = | fullname = Devyn Gwinyai Jambga<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.missouribirthindex.com/|title=The Missouri Birth Index}}<!--search "Devyn" (Given Name) and "Jambga" (Surname) at the same time--></ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|9|19}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | height = 5ft11in | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = | youthyears1 = | collegeyears1 = 2013–2017 | college1 = SIU Edwardsville Cougars | collegecaps1 = 73 | collegegoals1 = 15 | years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Des Moines Menace | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Portland Timbers 2 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = FC Tucson | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2020 | clubs4 = South Georgia Tormenta | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 27 February 2021 }}
'''Devyn Gwinyai Jambga''' (born September 19, 1995) is an American former soccer player who last played for South Georgia Tormenta in USL League One.
== Career == === College === Jambga played college soccer at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville between 2013 and 2017, including a redshirted season in 2013. Jambga tallied 15 goals and 6 assists in 73 appearances for the Cougars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/bios/jambga_devyn_9xcf?view=career&pos=kickers |title=Devyn Jambga - SIUE |website=www.siuecougars.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321213738/http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/bios/jambga_devyn_9xcf?view=career&pos=kickers |archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>
While at college, Jambga appeared for Premier Development League side Des Moines Menace.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uslpdl.com/roster_players/18032546 |title=Devyn Jambga |access-date=2018-03-21 |archive-date=2018-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192758/https://www.uslpdl.com/roster_players/18032546 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Professional === Jambga signed with United Soccer League side Portland Timbers 2 on March 2, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timbers.com/news/t2-announce-five-player-signings-ahead-2018-usl-season|title = T2 announce five player signings ahead of 2018 USL season}}</ref>
Jambga announced his retirement from professional soccer on his Instagram on February 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jambga |first1=Devyn |title=Retirement announcement |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CLzWbhulAub/ |website=Instagram.com |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
== Personal == Jambga was born in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States, but grew up in Harare in Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/bios/jambga_devyn_9xcf?view=bio |title=Devyn Jambga - SIUE |website=www.siuecougars.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321203148/http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/bios/jambga_devyn_9xcf?view=bio |archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref> His parents both attended SIU Edwardsville; his father played soccer and his mother played softball.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-jambga-brought-his-st/163149392/|title=Jambga brought his St. Louis, Zimbabwe roots to Men in Black|first=Norma|last=Gonzalez|work=Arizona Daily Star|date=May 11, 2019|access-date=January 15, 2025|page=C1|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Soccerway|devyn-jambga/445724}}
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