22 Facts About Onismor Bhasera

Onismor Bhasera was born on 7 January 1986 and is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for SuperSport United in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Onismor Bhasera previously played in the South African Premier Division for Bidvest Wits, Maritzburg United and Kaizer Chiefs, and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle.

Onismor Bhasera was born on 7 January 1986 in Mutare, a city in the Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe.

Onismor Bhasera was part of the Lord Marlvern High School team that won the Coca-Cola Nash three times in a row between 2001 and 2003; he was the school captain during this time.

Onismor Bhasera was playing in the AYSA youth academy which trained at Lord Marlvern High School, before he joined Harare United, a club which competed in the Zimbabwean First Division, one league below the Premier League.

Onismor Bhasera featured 14 times in the National First Division, as they won promotion to the Premier Soccer League.

Onismor Bhasera scored his first goal for his new club on 29 September 2007 in the first round of the Telkom League Cup at home against Moroka Swallows.

Onismor Bhasera went on to feature in 26 league games as the club finished sixth in the Premier Soccer League.

Onismor Bhasera collected his first winners medal with his new club on 1 December 2007 when the Kaizer Chiefs were crowned as the 2007 Telkom League Cup champions.

Onismor Bhasera converted his penalty to give the Chiefs the lead, and team-mate Itumeleng Khune denied the Sundowns on three occasions as the Chiefs won the shootout by three goals to two.

Onismor Bhasera featured in the starting eleven in all three of the Chiefs matches.

Onismor Bhasera travelled to England in the summer of 2009 for pre-season training with Portsmouth, under the belief that he was a free agent.

Onismor Bhasera impressed the club enough for them to offer him a contract in August 2009, and he successfully applied for a work permit, before the Kaizer Chiefs claimed that he was still contracted to them for another year.

The Owls were apparently willing to pay a transfer fee to Kaizer Chiefs, but a knee problem meant that Onismor Bhasera failed a medical examination at the end of January 2010.

Onismor Bhasera then began training with Plymouth Argyle in February 2010 after FIFA ruled that Bhasera was a free agent and therefore eligible to join a club outside the transfer window.

The transfer was concluded a week later when Onismor Bhasera passed an English exam, and received international clearance from the SAFA.

Onismor Bhasera made his debut for the club on 30 March 2010 when he played the full 90 minutes against Barnsley, having arrived back in the country from South Africa just twelve hours earlier.

Argyle were unable to avoid relegation to League One, which prompted a statement from the club which outlined their plans to rebuild; and Onismor Bhasera was mentioned among of clutch of younger players who are "exciting prospects".

Onismor Bhasera signed a new contract in August 2010, which ties him to the club until the summer of 2013.

Onismor Bhasera made his debut for Zimbabwe on 24 June 2006 against Malawi as part of a friendly tournament in Mozambique.

Onismor Bhasera earned five caps at Under-17 level, nineteen for the Under-20 side, and one at Under-23 level before gaining his first cap at senior level.

Onismor Bhasera was involved in all six of Zimbabwe's qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in 2008.