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15 Things you don’t know about Peter Ndlovu
- He spent time playing in England, where he appeared in the Premier League for Coventry City and in the Football League for Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United.
- He also played for Highlanders, Mamelodi Sundowns, Thanda Royal Zulu, Highfield United and Black Mambas in South Africa.
- He was capped 100 times in the Zim national team
- He has scored 38 international goals.
- He was spotted by John Sillett
- Peter was signed to Hilanders in July 1991
- He was known as ‘Nuddy’ by the die-hard Coventry City fans in Highfield Road’s ‘West End’ and as ‘The ‘Bulawayo Bullet’ by the media of the day
- He scored 41 goals for Coventry City
- He got signed to Birmingham City in July 1997 for a fee of £1.6m
- After leaving Thanda Royal in South Africa he stayed for two years without playing football.
- He played 100 international games over a 15-year period
- Peter is Zimbabwe all-time leading goal scorer
- Peter Ndlovu provided the funding for the senior national team’s stay in DRC when they were preparing for the game in Kinshasa
- Ndlovu’s brothers, Adam and Madinda, were also international players. The brothers played on the streets of Makokoba, Zimbabwe, where they grew up.
- His surname is commonly mispronounced by British commentators and, as a result, fans as well. Throughout his career, he was referred to as ‘Und-luv’