Tostao Kwashi

Tostao Kwashi
Personal information
Full name Fungai "Tostao" Kwashi
Date of birth (1979-12-22) 22 December 1979
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right-winger
Youth career
1987/88–1996 CAPS United F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–2000 CAPS United F.C.
2001–2002 Fisher Athletic F.C. 19 (4)
2002–2003 Gravesend and Northfleet 33 (5)
2003–2004 Margate F.C. 3 (0)
2004 Dartford F.C. (17[1])
2005–2006 Long An F.C.[2] 8 (6)
2006 Hai Phong F.C.
2006–2009 Long An F.C.
2010 Lam Son Thanh Hoa
2011 Long An F.C. 16 (3)
2012 Xuan Thanh Sai Gon F.C. 5 (0)
National team
Zimbabwe U-23
1999 Zimbabwe[3] 9[1]
Teams managed
2015-now CAPS United F.C. (assistant)[4]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fungai "Tostao" Kwashi (born 22 December 1979) is a Zimbabwean assistant football manager.

The Zimbabwe international was revealed as an assistant coach for CAPS United F.C. in 2015.[5] According to a sports correspondent, he was inspired by his father Steve "Dude" Kwashi to coach at his former club.[6]

Playing career

He was handed his debut at age 16 in an encounter versus Black Aces in 1996.[6]

Studying at Greenwich University while playing for Dartford F.C., he netted 17 goals and was admired for his goal-scoring ability by the fans.[1]

Amateur club Gravesend and Northfleet were unable to condone his illicit behavior and decided to let him go at the end of the August 2003.[7]

An array of European and African clubs expressed desire to sign him in 2008.[8]

Vietnam

Often benched during his time with Thanh Hoa, the club could not tolerate his weak performance and parted ways with Tostao in 2010.[9] Also, he was becoming progressively overweight.[10]

Kwashi claimed he had played well and scored four goals for Xuan Thanh Sai Gon in 2012.[11] After collating this source, Vietnamese news website ngoisao.net stated that he actually did not score any goals and made few appearances for the Vietnamese outfit.[12]

Previous club Thanh Hoa thought about trialing him after he asked them if he could be paid a monthly salary of 1000 dollars in 2012.[9] Eventually, they refused.[10] After leaving Xuan Thanh Sai Gon F.C., he was jobless for months and lived in an African colleague's residence. Then, he returned to Zimbabwe and relied on his family for support.[10]

When playing for V.League 2 outfit An Giang in 2013, he had to change to a midfield position even though he spent his entire career as a forward.[13]

Personal life

President of Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Triết officially agreed to confer citizenship upon Kwashi Tostao in 2010.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kwashi proves his loyalty to Dartford". Kentishfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Kwashi resurfaces in Vietnamese League". Allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Tostao Kwashi – National Football Teams". Nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  4. ↑ "Zimbabwe: Kwashi Ready for Battle of Cities II". AllAfrica. 29 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kwashi's Caps delight". Southern Eye. 9 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Musah Gwaunza (2015-01-09). "'Dude' inspired me: Tostao". The Herald. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  7. ↑ "BBC SPORT - Football - African - Zimbabwe striker sacked". news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Cheeseman, Rona (2008-11-03). "Six foreign clubs after Tostao Kwashi - The Zimbabwean". Thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  9. 1 2 "Báo Mới - Tin tức nóng nhất, tin tức mới nhất cập nhật liên tục 24H". baomoi.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  10. 1 2 3 "Cựu tiền đạo Lê Tostao: Từ nhà vô địch đến kẻ ăn bám gia đình". Bongdaplus.vn. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  11. ↑ "Tostao revels in Vietnam". Herald.co.zw. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  12. ↑ "Lê Tostao và những ông vua 'nổ' ở V-League - Ngôi sao". Ngoisao.net. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  13. ↑ "Kwashi adapts to new role". The Zimbabwean. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  14. ↑ "Cầu thủ Lê Tostao được nhập quốc tịch Việt Nam". =VietnamPlus.vn. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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