Warriors striker Prince Dube is set to undergo surgery in South Africa on a ruptured tendon that will sideline him for up to six weeks.
The Tanzania-based striker was set to go under the surgeon’s knife on Thursday at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town.
Azam chief executive, Abdulkarim Amin, told The Herald yesterday Dube was referred to the hospital for the first time in July for treatment. He said:
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Azam have a professional arrangement, with the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, which handles all the medical needs of the club’s personnel.
The first time he went there, the doctors decided to give him injections, and then rest for four to six weeks, which he did.
Then, the team travelled to Zambia (last month) for the pre-season, and he joined them later on after completing the recommended rest period.
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Amin said Dube started feeling some discomfort after playing in one of the club’s friendly matches in Zambia.
That was when the decision was made to take him back to South Africa for the operation.
Dube is set to miss Azam’s Confederation Cup preliminary round tie against Horseed FC of Somalia.
He will also not likely be fit by the time Zimbabwe play back-to-back World Cup fixtures against Ghana next month.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/prince-dube-set-for-another-operation/">The Herald</a></h4>

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Prince Dube Undergoes Another Operation

Warriors striker Prince Dube has missed out on winning the Golden Boot in the Vodacom Tanzania Mainland Premier League.
The Azam forward sustained a groin injury that will see him miss his team’s final league encounter against Ruvu Shooting at Mabatini Stadium in Dar es Salaam this Sunday.
The former Highlanders striker will finish the season with 14 goals, with the race left to the Simba Sports Club duo of John Bocco who leads the race with 15 goals and Meddie Kagere who has found the target 12 times.
Dube (24), has not played for Azam since his injury in their Azam Sports Federation Cup quarterfinal 3-1 victory over Rhino Rangers at the end of May.
Missing out on today’s fixture means that Dube would have sat out four of his team’s last league fixtures, scuttling his hopes of winning the Golden Boot in his first season in the East African country.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/prince-dube-misses-out-on-golden-boot-in-tanzania/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

Prince Dube Misses Out On Golden Boot In Tanzania

Warriors striker Prince Dube’s star continues to shine in Tanzania after he claimed the Vodacom Premier League best player for May.
This is the second time the former Highlanders player has bagged the award at Azam FC in the 2020/21 season.
Dube first won the gong in September last year after banging in three goals and creating an assist in that month.
The Tanzania Premier League board announced on their social media platforms on Monday that Dube had been voted the best player in the Ligi Kuu by topflight coaches.
Dube recently signed a two-year contract extension with Azam, keeping him at the club until 2024.
He is in the running for the Golden Boot award with 14 league goals and three cup goals.
Azam are third on the log on 60 points, a point behind Young Africans who are second with 61 points, and a further seven points behind league pacesetters Simba who are on 67 points having played 3 games less than the Ice Cream makers.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/just-in-prince-dube-voted-tanzania-best-player-for-may/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Prince Dube Voted Tanzania Best Player For May

Warriors striker Prince Dube has extended his contract with Tanzanian club Azam by two years.
Azam announced Dube’s contract extension on Tuesday and declared that they had no intentions of selling the striker anytime soon. The club said in a statement:
<blockquote>We are excited to enter a new two-year contract with our Zimbabwe international striker Prince Dube. That contract will make Dube continue inside the Azam Complex until 2024.
Dube, whom we signed this season, has been our key player so far and is our leading scorer in the Mainland League with 14 goals, and apart from that, he has managed 17 goals for the team in all competitions, with the other three coming in the FA Cup.
Fear those liars outside there, Dube is going nowhere, he is here at Azam Complex.</blockquote>
Highlanders sold Dube to Azam in August 2020 for a reported US$50 000 fee and inserted a clause in the deal that entitles them to 30 per cent of the amount the Tanzanian club sells him for.
Tanzanian premiership champions Simba SC were reportedly interested in the 23-year-old Zimbabwean international following his goal-scoring streak for the “Ice-cream makers”.
Azam sit third on the league table with 60 points with four games left while Simba are left with nine games and lead the pack with 64 points.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/prince-dube-extends-azam-stay/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Prince Dube Pens Contract Extension With Azam

Prince Dube netted his 12th goal of the season in the Tanzania Premiership in a 1-0 win over Young Africans on Sunday.
The Warriors striker fired in a wonder goal for Azam in the 86th minute to secure all three points and establish himself as the leading goalscorer in his debut season with only six games left.
Despite victory against second-placed Young Africans, Azam remained glued in position three with 54 points from 28 games and trail Yanga, who have played a game less, by three points.
The former Highlanders marksmen dedicated his goal to the Azam fans. He said:
<blockquote>This is not about me, but my teammates, so I want to dedicate this win to everyone around Azam because this (victory) is a team effort.
It was a good goal. I’m focused on helping the team win more games. I’m grateful that I helped the team win.
I now know the Tanzanian league, it’s harder than I thought, so I just pick myself up whenever they kick me. I have to continue doing my best for the team.</blockquote>
Watch Prince Dube’s wonder-goal below:
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<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/watch-awesome-prince-dube-strike/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

WATCH: Prince Dube Scores Wonder-goal For Azam

Prince Dube scored a brace as Azam edged Mtibwa Sugar 2-0 in the Tanzanian Premier League on Friday.
The former Highlanders marksman’s 8th-minute spot-kick and late strike were all Azam needed to collect maximum points.
With his latest double, Mgadafi, as Dube is affectionately known locally, moves to the top of the top goalscorers’ chart in the Tanzanian top-flight with 10 goals.
Dube recently recovered from the hamstring injury which kept him out for months, as well as Zimbabwe’s AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia.
His last appearance for the Warriors was in November 2020 when he came off the bench in place of right-back Tendayi Darikwa in Zimbabwe’s home AFCON clash against Algeria.
Dube scored the Warriors’ equaliser in the 2-2 draw against the Desert Foxes with his first touch in the match.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2021/04/09/dube-powers-azam-to-victory-shoots-to-the-top-of-goalscorers-chart/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Soccer24</a></h4>

Prince Dube Scores Brace For Azam, Now Leads Golden Boot Race

Prince Dube could miss the Warriors’ vital Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia in about three weeks’ time due to injury.
Dube, who turns out for Azam in the Tanzanian league, pulled a hamstring in his side’s goalless draw against log anchors Mwadul on Saturday. Said, Dube:
<blockquote>I don’t know the gravity of the injury as yet, but I pulled a hamstring on Saturday in the 27th minute. It is disappointing, but that’s the nature of the game.</blockquote>
Dube scored the equaliser in the Warriors’ last AFCON qualifier against group leaders Algeria which ended 2-2 last November.
The former Highlanders striker joins a list of Warriors strikers doubtful for the must-win AFCON qualifiers.
Kaizer Chiefs’ Khama Billiat has not played football since a leg injury in January, Orlando Pirates forward Terrence Dzvukamanja is nursing an ankle injury, while it is not clear if David Moyo of Hamilton Academical and Admiral Muskwe of Wycombe Wanderers will travel for the games.
The other strikers included in coach Zdravko Logarusic’s bloated 38-man squad are Tinotenda Kadewere (Olympique Lyonnais), Farau Matare (Bulawayo Chiefs), Knox Mutizwa (Lamontville Golden Arrows) and Evans Rusike (SuperSport United).
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/prince-ruled-out-of-warriors-qualifiers/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Prince Dube Doubtful For AFCON Qualifiers After Hamstring Injury

Zimbabwean international striker Prince Dube was scheduled to undergo surgery this Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa to fix a broken ulnar bone on his left forearm.
The Tanzania Mainland Premier League-based Warriors forward arrived in South Africa on Sunday to be attended to by a specialist, with his club, Azam, expecting him to be out of action for four to six weeks. Azam head of information and communication department Zaka Zakazi said:
<blockquote>We expect him that he will be out for four to six weeks before he makes a comeback, these are the expectations, maybe after the surgery, he will take more time, after Thursday we will know it.</blockquote>
Zakazi also said the club decided to take Dube to South Africa because they believe that country has the expertise to help him recover quickly.
Dube has already scored six goals and registered four assists and was also voted the Vodacom Tanzania Mainland Premier League Player of the Month for September, pocketing one million Tanzanian shillings (US$431) in the process.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/prince-dube-undergoes-operation-in-south-africa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Prince Dube Expected To Be Sidelined For Over A Month

Warriors striker Prince Dube was injured on Wednesday while playing for his Tanzanian club, Azam FC and is set to undergo surgery in South Africa.
Dube fell and broke the ulnar bone in his forearm in the 15th minute of the Tanzania Mainland Premier League clash against Young Africans at the Azam Complex Stadium. Azam said in a statement:
<blockquote>Our striker Prince Dube, who was injured in our game against Yanga yesterday November 25, is expected to go to South Africa for more treatment.
Dube was injured 15 minutes into the match when he broke his front bone called ulnar, this is the bone from the block and down to the last finger.
He will leave the country on Sunday, November 29, he will be treated at Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town, under the bone champion, Robert Nicolas.</blockquote>
Zaka Zakazi, the Azam head of information and communication department said it is the specialist who will decide for how long Dube will be out for.
Meanwhile, Azam lost to 0-1 to Young Africans and the defeat was the third for the season and they are now second on the log with 25 points while table-topping Young Africans are on 28.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/prince-dube-breaks-ulnar-bone-on-forearm-heads-to-south-africa-for-further-treatment/?_ga=2.46021412.1810374696.1606302020-238862795.1564465122" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Prince Dube Set For Surgery In South Africa

Zimbabwe Warriors striker Prince Dube featured for his Tanzanian club Azam FC, Monday – just a day after missing the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/10/12/zimbabwe-warriors-malawi-friendly-ends-in-stalemate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warriors’ international friendly against the Flames on Malawi</a> in Blantyre.
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/10/06/prince-dube-not-joining-the-warriors-in-the-friendly-match-against-malawi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Azam doctor claimed the forward had suffered a hamstring injury</a> that would force him to have a week’s rest before resuming light training.
The former Highlanders striker scored a brace including a penalty in a friendly against Fountain Gate FC which they won 4-0.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_National_Football_Team">Warriors</a> and the Flames of Malawi played out a 0-0 draw in a FIFA international friendly match played in Blantyre.
The Warriors coach Zdravko “Loga” <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/10/07/more-warriors-players-pull-out/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Logarusic was forced to ensemble a makeshift team</a> after a number of players he had initially included in the team, including Prince, had pulled out.
The friendly match was meant to assess the Warriors’ readiness to play the Desert Foxes of Algeria in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/injured-prince-dube-scores-twice-for-azam-in-friendly/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reuters/Kickoff</a>

"Injured" Prince Dube Scores Brace For Tanzanian Club

Azam FC marksman Prince Dube is aiming at doing well and possibly win the golden boot in the Tanzanian top-flight in the current campaign.
The former Highlanders striker has already been involved in three goals in just two Vodacom Premier League Season games.
He scored twice for the Ice Cream Makers in the team’s 2-0 victory against Coastal Union on Friday, after he created a goal for former FC Platinum forward Obrey Chirwa in the first game – a 1-0 win over Polisi TZ in a season opener.
Speaking after the 2-0 win over Coastal Union, Dube said he wants to pay back the faith bestowed in him by the coaches. He said:
<blockquote>All I can say is I wish to do my best here. The coaches brought me here to add some value so I want to repay the faith they showed in me, do my best and give everyone at the club what they deserve.
I wish to continue scoring more goals, whatever happens at the end of the season I will be grateful.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/prince-wants-more-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H-metro</a></h4>

Prince Dube Eyes Golden Boot In Tanzanian Topflight

Former Highlanders striker Prince Dube scored two goals for his Tanzanian club Azam FC in a 2-0 win over Mainland League rivals Coastal Union in a game played at Azam Complex in Chamazi, Dar es Salaam on Friday.
Watch the goals:
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WATCH: Prince Dube Brace For Azam FC

Warriors striker Prince Dube scored a brace for Tanzanian club Azam FC to help them to a 2-0 win against Coastal Union in a game played at Azam Complex in Chamazi, Dar es Salaam on Friday.
Azam had beaten Polisi Tanzania 1-0 in the previous game on the same venue, thanks to Former FC Platinum player Obrey Chirwa’s first-half strike and they are now top of the Tanzania Mainland League.
Meanwhile, Dube scored in the 69th and 89th minute.
Fellow Zimbabweans Bruce Kangwa and Never Tigere also started for Azam in the game.
The Icecream Makers hope to win the league in the current campaign after going six years without a title.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-tza/match/azam-v-coastal-union/report/bhizc06ttq4qhx14cq0uivxn8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goal.com</a></h4>

Prince Dube Double Floors Coastal Union

Warriors striker Prince Dube chose to wear jersey number 29 at his new club Azam after he was denied his prefered number.
Azam head of the information and communication department, Zaka Zakazi said Dube requested for 73, with the club not agreeing to that since senior players only use numbers from one to 29.
Dube eventually settled for number 29 which was previously worn by his compatriot Never Tigere who is now using jersey number 12. Zakazi said:
<blockquote>He asked for 73 but here in Tanzania senior players wear up to 29, from 30 it’s for juniors. There were number 21, 22 and 29 in his disposal and he took 29 because is the number previously worn by his compatriot Never Tigere who took 12.</blockquote>
Dube used to wear number 13 at Highlanders before he ditched it for 73, in honour of his mother who was born in 1973.
The player was raised by his mother, a single parent after his father died when he was young.
The other Zimbabwean at the ambitious Tanzanian club, Bruce Kangwa, Dube’s former teammate at Bosso, wears jersey number 26.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/reason-why-prince-dube-chose-jersey-number-29-at-azam/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Azam Official Explains Why Prince Dube Chose Jersey #29

Former Highlanders striker Prince Dube received US$50 000 in signing-on fees after sealing a move to Tanzanian club Azam early this week, the Daily News reports.
The 23-year-old striker will also pocket a salary of between US$3 500 to US$4 000 for the duration of his a three-year deal with the Dar-es-Saalam-based club.
Bosso sold Dube to Azam for US$50 000 and will get more if the player is sold elsewhere after inserting a sell-on clause in their agreement with Tanzanian club.
Dube linked up with his two compatriots at Azam – his former Bosso teammate Bruce Kangwa and ex-FC Platinum midfielder Never Tigere. Speaking during his unveiling, Dube said:
<blockquote>I just want to do good things for the team, I want to score goals and make sure the team does well, we are a big team and we must fight for titles.
I am ready to take up the new challenge because Azam is a big team and as a team, we have to fight for it and be ready to give the fans what they want, to win the title and come to the end of the season, we should be leading, smiling all the way.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://dailynews.co.zw/azam-windfall-for-prince/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Prince Dube Salary At Top Tanzanian Club Revealed

Zimbabwean international striker Prince Dube has joined Tanzania side, Azam, on a three-year contract after he completed a medical on Monday.
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Dube, formerly of Highlanders, arrived in the Tanzanian capital city of Dar es Salaam on Sunday, underwent medical tests on Monday, which Azam confirmed he passed.
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The Tanzanian club later posted a statement on their social media channels confirming Dube’s signature. The statement read in part:
<blockquote>Azam FC we are happy to inform you that we have completed the registration of Zimbabwe international attacker, Prince Dube, signing him from Highlanders FC. Dube who is one of Zimbabwe’s dangerous attackers, at the national team of local players, comes to Azam FC to increase power in the attack area.</blockquote>
Dube will link up with fellow Zimbabweans, Bruce Kangwa and Never Tigere at Azam.
Meanwhile, Dube’s former club, Bosso, has congratulated the striker after sealing the move to East Africa and wished him all the best in his new endeavour.
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<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/prince-dube-passes-medical-exam-signs-for-azam-in-tanzania/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Warriors Striker Joins Tanzanian Club On Three-year Contract

Highlanders and Warriors striker Prince Dube is in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for medical checkups ahead of a possible transfer to Azam F.C.
This was confirmed by Bosso chief executive officer, Nhlanhla Dube, who however refused to disclose the transfer fee involved. Said, Dube:
<blockquote>We can confirm that the player flew out to Tanzania to meet with Azam FC to undergo standard medicals as part of the process of a possible transfer. The attendant transfer figure will not form part of our public pronouncements.</blockquote>
Reports suggest that Highlanders will receive US$50 000 from the transfer, with the player set to sign a two-year contract with the Tanzanian club.
In 2017, Bosso sold Dube to South African premiership club SuperSport United for US$65 000, but the striker eventually returned to the Bulawayo-based club.
Azam already have two Zimbabwean players on their books, namely Bruce Kangwa and Never Tigere.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/prince-dube-off-to-tanzania-to-join-azam-bosso-to-pocket-us50k-from-transfer/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

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