Matthew Rusike

Monomotapa United

He left Charlton Athletic in 2009 after having some work permit issues and came back to Zimbabwe where he won the league in his first year. He also had discipline problems and he contemplated quitting football and going to university but he was contacted by Jomo Sono to join Jomo Cosmos.

Jomo Cosmos

He was released by University of Pretoria and joined Cosmos in the National First Division and helped them gain promotion to the Premier Soccer League. Clubs like Bolton Wanderers, Ajax Cape Town, Kaizer Chiefs and even clubs from Belgium and France expressed their interest. He also won the 2011–2012 Ezenkosi Player of the Year getting 33.26% of the votes from fans.

Kaizer Chiefs

He joined Chiefs in 2012. He scored on debut against Bloemfontein Celtic in the Macufe Cup final in a 4–3 loss. He scored his first league goal for Chiefs on 17 December 2012 against AmaZulu in a 2–0 win. He also scored his first CAF Champions League goal over Liga Muçulmana on 1 March 2014 in a 4–0 win. He also scored in the CAF Confederations Cup against ASEC Mimosas in the 86th minute in a 2–1 win. On 22 April 2015, he scored two goals against Polokwane City which gave Kaizer Chiefs a 4–1 victory which crowned Chiefs as champions of the Premier Soccer League. He played his last match for Chiefs on 9 May 2015 against Chippa United in a 2–0 win. He also holds South African citizenship and is therefore registered as a local.

Halmstads BK

On 24 July…

International goals

As of 17 November 2016. Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first.

Rusike was born to a Zimbabwean retail franchise owner and English mother, a hairdresser. He started playing soccer for the BN Academy and then Charlton Athletic at the age of 16. He attended St. George's College. He also played rugby as a winger or full back. He was also the youngest ever player to play for the St. George's College soccer first team at the age of 13. He is a role model to many St. George's College students.