Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean soccer player who currently plays for Antalyaspor.[1]
[edit] Club career
Ngwenya was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft out of Coastal Carolina University, where he led the NCAA in scoring with 21 goals and 14 assists and was named a First Team All-American in 2003. During his college years he also played in the USL Premier Development League for Cape Cod Crusaders whom he led to the title, scoring with 17 goals in 13 games[2].
In his first year with the Galaxy, he played at both forward and midfield and finished the year with four goals in 22 games, most of them coming off the bench. In his second year, he did not score a goal or an assist. Ngwenya was involved in a 4-person trade on May 12, 2006, which sent him to the Crew, for whom he would play 20 games and score five goals in 2006.
In the period following the 2006 season, Ngwenya went on trial at Getafe in the Spanish first division, but failed to earn a contract.[3] He was traded to the Houston Dynamo during the 2007 season for Alejandro Moreno.
Joseph Ngwenya finally got a chance and was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers and started against Guinea and his first home game against Namibia.[4]
Following the 2007 MLS season, Ngwenya joined German second division team Alemannia Aachen for an opportunity to train with the team, with the opportunity for a tryout with the Bundesliga club.
On January 21, 2008, Ngwenya was signed by Austrian Bundesliga club SK Austria Kärnten.
After Kärnten dissolved his contract in summer 2008 he gained the chance to train with the first squad of FC Bayern München for three weeks. On July 23, 2008, Ngwenya appeared in the unofficial T-Home German Supercup for Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund.
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