{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Pascal Manhanga | image = | full_name = Pascal Ovidy Manhanga | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = How Mine | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2009–2010 |clubs1 = Mutare United |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 2010–2011 |clubs2 = Tsholotsho Pirates |caps2 = |goals2 = | years3 = 2011–2014 |clubs3 = Triangle United |caps3 = |goals3 = | years4 = 2014–2015 |clubs4 = Highlanders |caps4 = |goals4 = | years5 = 2015–2016 |clubs5 = Triangle United |caps5 = |goals5 = | years6 = 2016– |clubs6 = How Mine |caps6 = |goals6 = | nationalyears1 = 2014– |nationalteam1 = Zimbabwe |nationalcaps1 = 4 |nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 26 June 2016 | nationalteam-update = 26 June 2016 }}
'''Pascal Ovidy Manhanga''' (born 23 March 1991) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for How Mine 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 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061956/https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/01/06/zimbabwe-warriors-leave-chan-tournament/ | url-status=dead }}</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 | archive-date=21 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221182019/http://www.cosafa.com/index.php/press/latest-cosafa-news/365-zimbabwe-name-final-squad-for-chan-tournament | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is known for creating and scoring goals.<ref name="Ref3">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/chan/player-profiles/zim/pascal-manhanga.html | title=Pascal Manhanga | publisher=mtnfootball.com | accessdate=26 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042136/http://mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/chan/player-profiles/zim/pascal-manhanga.html | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Club career== Manhanga started his career in the lower leagues of Zimbabwe, firstly with Mutare United and then with Tsholotsho Pirates, he remained with both sides for a year each before moving to Triangle United. He spent three years with Triangle Utd before he was signed by the 2013 Mbada Diamonds Cup winners Highlanders in June 2014.<ref name="Ref4">{{cite web | url=http://www.southerneye.co.zw/2013/12/10/bosso-fc-platinum-manhanga/ | title=Bosso, FC Platinum after Manhanga | publisher=southerneye.co.zw | accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref> His stay with the Highlanders was short as he left to rejoin Triangle Utd at the start of 2015. However, a year later he was on the move again as he departed Triangle Utd for the second time to sign for How Mine.<ref name="Eurosport">{{cite news|title=Pascal Manhanga profile|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/pascal-manhanga_prs375897/person.shtml|accessdate=26 June 2016|work=Eurosport|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>
==International career== 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="Ref7">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Ref8">{{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> He made two appearances in the aforementioned competition, overall he has played four times for Zimbabwe and scored one goal.<ref name="World Football">{{cite news|title=Pascal Manhanga profile|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe345384/pasca-manhanga/|access-date=26 June 2016|work=World Football|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>
==Political views== Manhanga has criticized the widespread practice of polygamy in Zimbabwe, calling it worse for the people of his country than marijuana, pornography, or console video games.<ref name="Ref9">{{cite web | url=http://www.naturallawnews.com/africa/african-tournaments/chan/player-profiles/zim/pascal-manhanga.html | title=Player Profile: Pascal Manhanga | publisher=naturallawnews.com | accessdate=23 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|26 June 2016}}.<ref name="World Football"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Zimbabwe |2014||4||1 |- |2015||0||0 |- |2016||0||0 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!4!!1 |}
{{updated|26 June 2016}}. ''Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.''<ref name="World Football"/>
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !Goal!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- | 1 || 5 March 2014 || Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|MWI}} || align=center | '''3'''–1 || align=center | 4–1 || Friendly |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT|54445}}
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