Tendai Ndoro
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tendai Passion Ndoro | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Luveve, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 August 2025 (aged 40) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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
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| * 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
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mpumalanga Black Aces | 2013–14 | Premiership | 16 | 7 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| 2014–15 | 25 | 7 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 29 | 7 | ||
| Total | 41 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | ||
| Orlando Pirates | 2015–16 | Premiership | 17 | 5 | 5[a] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 |
| 2016–17 | 30 | 12 | 3[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 37 | 13 | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 23 | ||
| Al-Faisaly | 2017–18 | Saudi Professional League | 4 | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ajax Cape Town | 2017–18 | Premiership | 7 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Career total | 100 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 46 | ||
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in the Nedbank Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in the Telkom Knockout
- ^ a b Appearances in the MTN 8
- ^ Appearances in the Saudi Crown Prince Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndoro goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 July 2013 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia |  Lesotho |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2013 COSAFA Cup |
| 2 | 2–1 | |||||
| 3 | 10 January 2017 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 23 January 2017 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon |  Tunisia |
2–4 | 2–4 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 5 | 11 November 2017 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Namibia |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
References
- ^ "Tendai Ndoro profile". Pindula. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Mpumalanga Black Aces loan Ndoro back to Chicken Inn". Kick Off. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Tendai Ndoro joins Orlando Pirates". Times Live. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Sanctions see Ajax Cape Town relegated after end of season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Tendai Ndoro finally signs for new club". News 24. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "رسمياً : العروبة يعلن عن إتمام صفقتين". Lo3btna. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b Fully recovered Tendai Ndoro needs ispani Archived 20 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, sn124.com, 16 August 2022
- ^ "Former Warriors striker Tendai Ndoro dies". The Herald. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Rest In Peace 'Fire': Tendai Ndoro Passes Away". Soccer Laduma. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ Former Pirates Forward Ndoro Passes Away
- ^ Tendai Ndoro at Soccerway
- ^ Tendai Ndoro at National-Football-Teams.com
