Former Sundowns Star Nyasha Mushekwi Scores Golden Boot Award in China

Former Sundowns Star Nyasha Mushekwi Scores Golden Boot Award in China

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:53 PM
  • Nyasha Mushekwi continues to impress with his goalscoring record for Zheijang Greentown in the Chinese League One
  • The former Mamelodi Sundowns striker scored 23 goals in 32 games for the Chinese side this past season
  • Nyasha won the Golden Boot award and will be hoping to lead his team to victory when they compete in the playoffs

There's no stopping Nyasha Mushekwi when it comes to scoring goals.

The 34-year-old former Mamelodi Sundowns forward continues to impress for Zhejiang Greentown during the Chinese League One season.

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Zimbabwean striker Nyasha Mushekwi continues his hot run of scoring goals in the Chinese League. Image: Visual China Group
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The Zimbabwean striker scored 23 goals in 32 games during the season to win the Golden Boot award, KickOff reported.

Nyasha has a history of being a prolific goalscorer

Nyasha was prolific during his time at Sundowns as well and was the second-highest goalscorer in the Premier Soccer League during his first season with the Brazilians.

He left South Africa in the 2014/2014 season with his career only taking off once again when he joined Dalian Yifang in China League One in 2015.

He found his goalscoring boots again and was the top goal scorer for the team for three years running.

Nyasha leads Zhejiang Greentown to playoffs

Nyasha's impressive season with Zhejiang Greentown helped the team finish third in the Chinese League One and earned them a place in the playoffs. His goalscoring form has also earned him a huge following in China and the title of Real King.

Zhejiang Greentown recently paid tribute to him on their Instagram page when he reached 20 goals for the season.

Pitso Mosimane to face former club as Sundowns and Al Ahly clash

In other Sundowns-related news, Pitso Mosimane will return home to face his former side when the Brazilians do battle with his current side, Al Ahly, Sports Brief reported.

Sundowns and Al Ahly were drawn in the same group in the TotalEnergies Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League.

Sundowns and defending champions Al Ahly will be joined in Group A by Sudanese teams, Al Hilal and Al Merrikh. Al Ahly will be looking to win their 11th CAF Champion's League trophy and the third in a row with Mosimane at the helm.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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