{"id":57155,"date":"2026-04-24T23:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57155"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:01:03","slug":"zifa-president-nqobile-magwizi-breaks-silence-on-marshall-munetsis-absence-in-the-warriors-squad-reveals-stance-on-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/24\/zifa-president-nqobile-magwizi-breaks-silence-on-marshall-munetsis-absence-in-the-warriors-squad-reveals-stance-on-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA president Nqobile Magwizi breaks silence on Marshall Munetsi\u2019s absence in the Warriors squad, reveals stance on midfielder"},"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 class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-code\">\n\/*  *\/\n<\/div>\n<p>Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has commented on Marshall Munetsi\u2019s omission from recent national team call-ups.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi, who currently plies his trade at Paris FC, has been a notable absentee in the Warriors squad in recent assignments, sparking questions about his international future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference after the Executive Committee meeting in Harare on Friday, Magwizi confirmed that the midfielder is still available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>The ZIFA boss said: \u201cMarshall Munetsi, he\u2019s an amazing and fantastic player. This Exco meeting, one of the commitments \u2014 as you are aware from our mission and vision \u2014 is to give every Zimbabwean a chance and the capability to play, referee, or administer, in order to make Zimbabwean football great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what this Exco is committed to, and it is in our framework. Any player who is good, disciplined, and wants to play for the nation is definitely going to be given a chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t get involved in choosing the players to represent the country, but our policy is clear on giving the best players an opportunity to represent the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magwizi\u2019s confirmation comes a month after Warriors coach Marian Marinica also announced that he is keen to open dialogue with Munetsi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The post ZIFA president Nqobile Magwizi breaks silence on Marshall Munetsi&#8217;s absence in the Warriors squad, reveals stance on midfielder appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\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#ZIFA #president #Nqobile #Magwizi #breaks #silence #Marshall #Munetsis #absence #Warriors #squad #reveals #stance #midfielder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/* *\/ Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has commented on Marshall Munetsi\u2019s omission from recent national team call-ups.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9715,925,6797,1844,3625,1346,6796,313,464,446,346,1428,265,284],"class_list":["post-57155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-absence","tag-breaks","tag-magwizi","tag-marshall","tag-midfielder","tag-munetsis","tag-nqobile","tag-president","tag-reveals","tag-silence","tag-squad","tag-stance","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155","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=57155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57156,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155\/revisions\/57156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}