1. Marvelous Nakamba was born on 19 January 1994 and is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Luton Town.
21 Facts About Marvelous Nakamba
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Marvelous Nakamba left the country in July 2012, and had trials at French side Nancy.
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Marvelous Nakamba officially joined Nancy on 24 December 2012, aged 18, for an undisclosed fee.
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Marvelous Nakamba received the international clearance seven days later, and was assigned to the reserve team in CFA.
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In July 2014, Marvelous Nakamba went on a trial at Eredivisie side Vitesse.
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Marvelous Nakamba was replaced by Hans Vanaken in the 75th minute, having picked up a yellow card.
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Marvelous Nakamba joined up with former Club Brugge team-mate Wesley Moraes and former Club Brugge player Bjorn Engels, who had already joined Villa in that transfer window.
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Marvelous Nakamba was voted by fans as player of the month for November 2021, following a string of good performances under new Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard.
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On 31 January 2023, having not made an appearance for Aston Villa so far that season, Marvelous Nakamba joined EFL Championship club Luton Town on loan for the remainder of the season.
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On 20 July 2023, Marvelous Nakamba joined Luton Town on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
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Marvelous Nakamba is a Zimbabwe international, having represented the country in the under-20 level.
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Marvelous Nakamba is competing for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 and 2019 with Zimbabwe.
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Marvelous Nakamba secretly married his long-term girlfriend Chipo Primrose Makurumure in 2020 during a short visit to Bulawayo.
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Marvelous Nakamba's father Anthony was a footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for Hwange Colliery FC and his mother Charity worked as a maid for a family in South Africa.
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Marvelous Nakamba's mother worked overtime to buy Marvelous his first pair of Puma football boots.
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On 22 March 2020, Marvelous Nakamba paid the tuition and examination fees of 1000 pupils from underprivileged backgrounds in Bulawayo.
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Marvelous Nakamba's goal was to reach 100,000 pupils by December 2021 and then 1 million pupils by 2024.
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On 5 May 2021, Nakamba met Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, after the Marvelous Nakamba foundation had been involved in several projects around Zimbabwe, including working to revamp Hwange Hospital, feed programmes for children at rural schools, the provision of personal protective equipment for schools during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.
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On 13 June 2022, the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation started construction work on a multi-sports complex in Bulawayo with football, tennis, basketball, volleyball and swimming facilities.
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Marvelous Nakamba took part in a groundbreaking ceremony on the first day of building.
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On 16 June 2022, International Day of the African Child, Marvelous Nakamba announced that he was working with UNICEF on projects to help protect young girls from child marriage in Zimbabwe.