Joseph Ngwenya

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Joseph Ngwenya
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Ngwenya
Date of birth	March 30, 1981 (1981-03-30) (age 27)
Place of birth	Plumtree, Zimbabwe
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	SK Austria Kärnten
Number	33
Youth clubs
2000-03	Boys without Njube (Bulawayo) Njube Sundowns (Bulawayo) Coastal Carolina
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Cape Cod Crusaders Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo SK Austria Kärnten	5 (17) 40 (4) 25 (5) 25 (7) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 14, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean soccer player who currently plays forward for SK Austria Kärnten of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

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.

In his first year with the Galaxy, he played at both forward and midfield and finished the year with 4 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 5 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.^[1] He was traded to the Houston Dynamo during the 2007 season for Alejandro Moreno.

As of December 2006, Ngwenya has yet to earn an international cap for Zimbabwe.^[2]

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.^[3]

On January 21, 2008, Ngwenya was signed by Austrian Bundesliga club SK Austria Kärnten.

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Persondata
NAME	Ngwenya, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plumtree, Zimbabwe
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH