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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’