Tino Kadewere


Tinotenda "Tino" Kadewere is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays for Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais and the Zimbabwe national team as a striker.

Club career

Zimbabwe

Kadewere was picked up by Harare City F.C. in 2014 after he had finished playing for his high school team at Prince Edward School. During the first half of his debut season with the first team he scored seven goals in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.

Djurgårdens IF

During the summer of 2015 Kadewere went for trials with Swedish first division club Djurgårdens IF and French Ligue 2 side Sochaux. Later he decided to join Djurgårdens IF on a loan in August 2015 for the remainder of the season with an option for the club to sign him permanently on a four-year deal at the end of the year. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 29 August 2015. He later joined Djurgården for a reported sum of 150K Euros.
Kadewere scored his first league goal for the club on 25 July 2016, scoring consolation goal in the 94th minute of a 3–1 home loss to GIF Sundsvall having been subbed on in the 85th minute.
On 27 May 2018, he scored four goals in a league game against IK Sirius, making him the first Djurgården player since Tommy Berggren in 1978 to score four goal in a single league game.

Le Havre

In July 2018, Kadewere joined French Ligue 2 side Le Havre on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Djurgården was reported as $2.5 million.

Olympique Lyon

On 22 January 2020, Kadewere signed with Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais. The deal also saw him stay at Le Havre on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.

International

Kadewere has represented Zimbabwe at the U17, U20 and U23 youth levels. He made his international senior debut for Zimbabwe national football team in the 2–0 win against the Comoros.

Career statistics

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2018Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa1–04–2 2018 COSAFA Cup
2.9 June 2018Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa2–24–2 2018 COSAFA Cup

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF
Zimbabwe