Tendai Ndoro

Tendai Ndoro
Personal information
Full name Tendai Passion Ndoro
Date of birth (1985-05-15)15 May 1985
Place of birth Luveve, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Date of death 18 August 2025(2025-08-18) (aged 40)
Place of death Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Nico United
2011–2013 Chicken Inn
2013–2015 Mpumalanga Black Aces 41 (14)
2013 → Chicken Inn (loan)
2015–2017 Orlando Pirates 48 (25)
2017 Al-Faisaly 4 (1)
2018 Ajax Cape Town 7 (1)
2018–2020 Highlands Park 22 (5)
2020 Al-Orouba
International career
2013–2017 Zimbabwe 14 (5)
Medal record
Orlando Pirates
Runner-upNedbank Cup2015–16
Runner-upNedbank Cup2016–17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tendai Passion Ndoro (15 May 1985 – 18 August 2025) was a Zimbabwean professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Ndoro started his career with Chicken Inn of Zimbabwe in 2011.[1] Two years later, Ndoro completed a move to South African club Black Aces but was immediately returned to Chicken Inn on loan for the rest of the 2013 season.[2] In 2014, he officially joined the Black Aces squad and subsequently made 41 appearances and scored 14 goals over two seasons before departing in 2015 to join Orlando Pirates.[3]

In the 2017–18 season he appeared for three clubs - Orlando Pirates, Al Faisaly, and Ajax Cape Town, in breach of FIFA regulations. As a result, Ajax Cape Town had to forfeit the three league games he had appeared in for them, resulting in their relegation from the South African Premiership.[4]

On 26 September, Ndoro signed for Highlands Park.[5]

On 27 December 2019, Al-Orouba from Oman announced that they had signed Ndoro.[6] Ndoro played for the club less than a season in 2020 before the club went bankrupt and closed.[7] Following this sting, Ndoro became ill and was close to a mental breakdown. But in August 2022, he revealed, that he was ready to continue his career.[7]

Death

Ndoro died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18 August 2025, at the age of 40.[8][9][10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mpumalanga Black Aces 2013–14 Premiership 1671[a]0000000177
2014–15 2572[a]01[b]0001[c]0297
Total 4114301000104614
Orlando Pirates 2015–16 Premiership 1755[a]50000002210
2016–17 30123[a]03[b]1001[c]03713
2017–18 100000000010
Total 4825853100106023
Al-Faisaly 2017–18 Saudi Professional League 411[d]000000051
Ajax Cape Town 2017–18 Premiership 711[a]000000081
Career total 1004113541002011946
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in the Nedbank Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Telkom Knockout
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the MTN 8
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Saudi Crown Prince Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zimbabwe 201352
201420
201500
201610
201763
201800
Total145
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoro goal.
List of international goals scored by Tendai Ndoro
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 July 2013Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia Lesotho1–12–12013 COSAFA Cup
22–1
310 January 2017Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Cameroon1–01–1Friendly
423 January 2017Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon Tunisia2–42–42017 Africa Cup of Nations
511 November 2017Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Namibia1–21–3Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "Tendai Ndoro profile". Pindula. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mpumalanga Black Aces loan Ndoro back to Chicken Inn". Kick Off. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tendai Ndoro joins Orlando Pirates". Times Live. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sanctions see Ajax Cape Town relegated after end of season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tendai Ndoro finally signs for new club". News 24. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "رسمياً : العروبة يعلن عن إتمام صفقتين". Lo3btna. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 Fully recovered Tendai Ndoro needs ispani Archived 20 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, sn124.com, 16 August 2022
  8. ↑ "Former Warriors striker Tendai Ndoro dies". The Herald. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Rest In Peace 'Fire': Tendai Ndoro Passes Away". Soccer Laduma. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Former Pirates Forward Ndoro Passes Away
  11. ↑ Tendai Ndoro at Soccerway
  12. ↑ Tendai Ndoro at National-Football-Teams.com
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