{"id":50749,"date":"2026-02-24T21:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50749"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:57:11","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzim-prospect-signs-first-pro-contract-with-epl-giants-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzim-prospect-signs-first-pro-contract-with-epl-giants-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Zim prospect signs first pro-contract with EPL giants Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-140006\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"469\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zim-prospect-signs-first-pro-contract-with-EPL-giants-Arsenal.webp.jpeg?resize=469%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/teshaun-murisa-image_mfejzo0t.webp?w=1045&amp;ssl=1 1045w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/teshaun-murisa-image_mfejzo0t.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/teshaun-murisa-image_mfejzo0t.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/teshaun-murisa-image_mfejzo0t.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/teshaun-murisa-image_mfejzo0t.webp?resize=469%2C264&amp;ssl=1 469w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Zimbabwean prospect Teshaun Tarumbidzwa Murisa has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League giants Arsenal F.C..<\/p>\n<p>Murisa joined the Gunners eleven years ago and has steadily risen through the ranks. The 17-year-old UK-born midfielder, whose parents are from Zimbabwe, has been featuring for Arsenal\u2019s U18 side and the U21 team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very delighted to achieve my dream of signing my first professional contract, especially with such a big club like Arsenal,\u201d he said after signing the deal, as cited on Arsenal.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here since I was six, so it means even more to me, and I\u2019m just really thankful to my family for always supporting me.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Article continues below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DGmyXLvyqz\">\n<p>Zim youngster Teshaun Murisa achieves major career feet with Arsenal<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cZim youngster Teshaun Murisa achieves major career feet with Arsenal\u201d \u2014 Soccer24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/2025\/04\/16\/zim-youngster-teshaun-murisa-achieves-major-career-feet-with-arsenal1\/embed\/#?secret=cVRxFBFby0#?secret=DGmyXLvyqz\" data-secret=\"DGmyXLvyqz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been through a lot together, so having them here is like how they\u2019ve been with me forever, so it just means more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing through Hale End for about 10 years now, you see so many people go through the same journey that you want to go on; actually achieving it now just makes it feel even better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murisa\u2019s deal comes after achieving a major career feat when he trained with Arsenal\u2019s first team on the eve of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final clash against Real Madrid CF last season.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Arsenal, Teshaun Murisa<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Zim #prospect #signs #procontract #EPL #giants #Arsenal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Zimbabwean prospect Teshaun Tarumbidzwa Murisa has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League giants&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[166,4262,2170,4439,3357,1584,691],"class_list":["post-50749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-arsenal","tag-epl","tag-giants","tag-procontract","tag-prospect","tag-signs","tag-zim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50751,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50749\/revisions\/50751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}