Nakamba’s Hometown Hwange To Erect Statue in Honour of Soccer Star

Hwange, the hometown of Zimbabwean soccer star Marvellous Nakamba, is planning to build a statue in honour of its most favourite native.

According to Zimbabwe national team legend and former Coventry City player Peter Ndlovu, the Aston Villa midfielder would have his statue before 2020 when the city hosts its annual sports gala.

“Marvellous knows that we are recognising his hard work with this idea and hopefully the statue will be a confidence booster for him,” said Ndlovu in an interview The Athletic.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “Moving to Aston Villa is an unbelievable achievement for him and we must show our support as a nation.”   [/perfectpullquote]

“The people of Hwange recognise their heroes and while the exact details are yet to be finalised, discussions are taking place to decide what happens next.”

Nakamba has yet to make an appearance for Aston Villa, despite being a long-term target for the club.

“He’s the man with the opportunity of a lifetime to represent our nation now, to make a difference and define our future,” Ndolvu added.

“He must not let this opportunity pass because the whole of Zimbabwe is watching and hoping he will succeed.”

The 25-year-old joined Villa this month from Belgium side Brugge, an outfit that recruited him in 2017 from Vitesse Arnhem in 2017.

Nakamba played at this summer’s Africa Cup of Nations and is set to become the fourth Zimbabwean to feature in the Premier League after Bruce Globbelaar, Peter Ndlovu and Bejani who was the country’s most recent Premier League player in 2010/11.