Kheli Dube
Zimbabwean footballer
Mkhokheli "Kheli" Dube (born 18 June 1983 in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean footballer.
Career
Early career and college
Dube played in the youth system of his hometown team, Dunlop and played professionally for two years in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League for Highlanders before coming to the United States.
He played college soccer for Lindsey Wilson College during his freshman and sophomore seasons, scoring 36 goals and tallying 13 assists in 50 games. After his sophomore season, he transferred to Coastal Carolina University for his junior and senior seasons, where he scored 16 goals and had 12 assists in 26 games. He missed the first five weeks of his senior season with an injury, but still scored 11 goals. He is a two-time All-Big South performer and was a member of the 2006 Big South All-Tournament Team. He was also the 2007 Big South Conference Player of the Year and a NSCAA All-South Atlantic performer.He was Big South Conference player of the week a record four times in his senior season.
During his college years Dube also played with both Michigan Bucks and Delaware Dynasty of the USL Premier Development League, helping the Bucks reach the PDL championship game both in 2006 (when they also won the title) and 2007.
Professional
New England Revolution
Dube was drafted 8th in the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft by New England Revolution on 24 January 2008. He made his debut for the Revs on 29 March 2008 as an 81st-minute substitute for Kenny Mansally in their home opener, a 3-0 victory over Houston Dynamo.
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