{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Milton Ncube | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe | height = 1.78 m | position = Left-back, forward | currentclub = Harare City | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2008–2010 |clubs1 = Shooting Stars |caps1 = ? |goals1 = ? | years2 = 2010–2012 |clubs2 = Motor Action |caps2 = ? |goals2 = ? | years3 = 2012–2014 |clubs3 = Highlanders |caps3 = ? |goals3 = ? | years4 = 2014–2016 |clubs4 = Ajax Cape Town |caps4 = 20 |goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016–2018 |clubs5 = How Mine |caps5 = ? |goals5 = ? | years6 = 2018–2019 |clubs6 = CAPS United |caps6 = ? |goals6 = ? | years7 = 2019– |clubs7 = Harare City |caps7 = ? |goals7 = ? | years8 = 2019– date|clubs8 = Whitworth |caps8 = 92 |goals8 = 8 | nationalyears1 = 2014– |nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe |nationalcaps1 = 11 |nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 18 March 2019 | nationalteam-update = 27 June 2016 }}
'''Milton Ncube''' (born 4 March 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or forward for Wellingborough Whitworth. He has represented the Zimbabwe national team internationally.<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>
==Club career== Ncube started his career with Shooting Stars in 2008, before moving to Motor Action two years later. After another two years with Motor Action, during which he won the 2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League title, he departed the club to sign for Highlanders before subsequently moving to a club outside of Zimbabwe for the first time when he agreed to join Ajax Cape Town of South Africa in 2014.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite news|title=Milton Ncube profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/milton-ncube/172298/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Soccerway|date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sport Brief">{{cite news|title=One on one with Milton Ncube|url=http://sportbrief.co.zw/2015/11/16/one-on-one-with-milton-ncube/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Sport Brief|date=16 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Ajax CT Move">{{cite news|title=Ajax New Signings Announced|url=http://www.ajaxct.co.za/ajax-new-signings-announced/|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=Ajax Cape Town|date=27 June 2016}}</ref> On 8 July 2016, he was released by Ajax Cape Town.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/66934/ajax-cape-town-release-zimbabwean-international-milton-ncube|title=Ajax Cape Town release Zimbabwean international Milton Ncube|newspaper=Kick Off|first=Seraj|last=Jones|date=8 July 2016}}</ref>
==International career== In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe national team 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}}</ref> He made seven appearances at the 2014 African Nations Championship, in total Ncube has played for Zimbabwe 11 times and scored one goal (versus Gabon).<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="World Football">{{cite news|title=Milton Ncube profile|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe332661/milton-ncube/international-matches/|access-date=27 June 2016|work=World Football|date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|27 June 2016}}<ref name="Soccerway"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Ajax Cape Town |2014–15<ref name="Soccerway"/> |Premier Soccer League |11||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0{{efn|name=mtn|Appearance in MTN 8}}||0||11||1 |- |2015–16<ref name="Soccerway"/> |Premier Soccer League |9||0||0||0||0||0||0{{efn|Appearance in CAF Champions League}}||0||1{{efn|name=mtn}}||0||10||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !20!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!21!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !20!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!21!!1 |}
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===International=== {{updated|27 June 2016}}<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="World Football"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Zimbabwe |2013||5||0 |- |2014||10||1 |- |2015||1||0 |- |2016||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!16!!1 |}
{{updated|27 June 2016}}<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="World Football"/> :''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ncube goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Milton Ncube |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 7 January 2014 || Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa || {{fb|GAB}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly |- |}
==Honours== '''Motor Action''' *Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League: 2010<ref name="Soccerway"/>
'''Highlanders''' *Mbada Diamonds Cup: 2013<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe 2013|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zimb2013.html|accessdate=27 June 2016|work=RSSSF|date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
'''Ajax Cape Town''' *MTN 8: 2015<ref name="Soccerway"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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