Peter Ndlovu – SkyBlueArchive

Position

Forward

Nationality

Place Of Birth

Bulawayo

Date Of Birth

February 25, 1973

Age

Height (cm)

173

Games Played

197

Per Game

Games Started

156

0.8

Per Game

Minutes

14769

75.0

Per Game

Goals

0.2

Per Game

Assists

0.1

Per Game

John Sillett spotted ‘Nuddy’ playing in his home country as a sixteen-year old and persuaded him to come to Coventry and paying his club Highlanders £10,000. Terry Butcher gave him his debut a year later and he made an instant impact with some dazzling displays and stunning goals. He made 197 appearances for the club and scored 41 goals including an incredible hat-trick in City’s 3-2 win at Anfield in 1995, the first by a visiting player at Anfield for 33 years.
That same season he turned on another virtuoso performance in a crucial game at White Hart Lane and turned a young Sol Campbell into a gibbering wreck with his pace and skill. A year later he turned on another super show in City’s vital end of season win at Wimbledon, netting twice.
His final season at Coventry was hampered by knee injuries and Birmingham signed him in the summer of 1997 after a highly successful seven years at Highfield Road. Blues were unwilling to pay City’s asking price of £1.5 million up front and he signed on a pay-as-you-play basis but within twelve months City had received their full fee.
He stayed three and a half seasons at St Andrews making over 120 appearances and scoring 27 goals before moving to Sheffield United on a free transfer in February 2001.
In 2004 at the age of 31 he could not find a club in England and moved to South Africa to play for Mamelodi Sundowns, one of the richest clubs in the country and signed a two-year deal. They reputedly paid Ndlovu a 3 million Rand (approximately £270,000) signing on fee and when he flew into Pretoria to sign he was treated like royalty. Crowds flocked to see Ndlovu play for the Sundowns and he scored on his debut. Sadly he failed to live up to his publicity and his temperament has also let him down more than once. In 2008 his contract was not renewed and after much speculation he joined lowly Natal-based Premiership side Thanda Royal Zulu.

Penalties (7 - 6 scored)
1993-94
9 April 1994 v Tottenham Hotspur H, scored
16 April 1994 v Sheffield Wednesday H, scored
1994-95
28 December 1994 v Sheffield Wednesday A, scored
14 March 1995 v Liverpool A, scored
9 May 1995 v Tottenham Hotspur A, scored
1995-96
23 September 1995 v Blackburn Rovers A, missed - hit left post
25 October 1995 v Tottenham Hotspur H, scored

Hat tricks (1)
1994-95
14 March 1995 v Liverpool A

Premier League (England)

1996-1997

1111′

1 (0)

1995-1996

2401′

5 (0)

1994-1995

2517′

11 (3)

1993-1994

3600′

11 (2)

1992-1993

2545′

7 (0)

154

132

12174′

35 (5)

FA Cup (England)

1996-1997

49′

1995-1996

7′

1994-1995

300′

2 (0)

1993-1994

90′

1992-1993

90′

536′

2 (0)

Coca-Cola Cup (England)

1996-1997

0′

1995-1996

351′

1 (1)

1994-1995

90′

1993-1994

172′

1992-1993

90′

1 (0)

703′

2 (1)

Football League First Division (England)

1991-1992

1159′

2 (0)

1159′

2 (0)

League Cup (England)

1991-1992

180′

0 (0)

Full Members Cup (England)

1991-1992

17′

0 (0)

Totals:

197

156

14769′

41 (6)

Zimbabwe, 21 caps, 6 goals

1992-93
16 August 1992 Zimbabwe v South Africa, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 4-1, 2 goals (1 pen), booked
9 October 1992 Zimbabwe v Togo, Harare, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 1-0
20 December 1992 Zimbabwe v Egypt, Harare, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 2-1, goal, booked
10 January 1993 Angola v Zimbabwe, Luanda, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 1-1, replaced
17 January 1993 Togo v Zimbabwe, Lome, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 1-2
31 January 1993 Zimbabwe v Angola, Harare, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 2-1, goal
10 April 1993 Zambia v Zimbabwe, Lusaka, African Nations Cup Qualification, 0-0, abandoned
15 April 1993 Zimbabwe v Egypt, Lyon, France, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 0-0
24 April 1993 South Africa v Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-1
2 May 1993 Guinea v Zimbabwe, Conakry, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 0-3
4 July 1993 Zimbabwe v Cameroon, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-0
11 July 1993 Zimbabwe v Mauritius, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 2-0
25 Jily 1993 Zimbabwe v Zambia, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-1
1993-94
10 October 1993 Cameroon v Zimbabwe, Yaounde, 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 3-1
24 April 1994 South Africa v Zimbabwe, Mafikeng, friendly, 1-0
1994-95
13 November 1994 Zimbabwe v Zaire, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 2-1, goal (pen)
22 January 1995 Zimbabwe v Cameroon, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 4-1
9 April 1995 Lesotho v Zimbabwe, Maseru, African Nations Cup Qualification, 0-2
23 April 1995 Zimbabwe v Malawi, Harare, African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-1, goal (pen)
30 July 1995 Cameroon v Zimbabwe, Yaounde, African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-0, replaced
1996-97
27 April 1997 Zimbabwe v Angola, Harare, 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4, 0-0

More caps for various clubs including Highlanders, Birmingham City, Sheffield United and Mamelodi Sundowns (total 81 caps, 37 goals)
Assistant manager of Zimbabwe national team 2011-2013