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Tendai Mzungu (born 28 February 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mzungu represented the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) before being recruited to Fremantle at the end of the 2010 season, and made his debut for the club the following season. ==Career== Born in Melbourne to a Zimbabwean father and an Australian mother, Mzungu moved to Perth, Western Australia, at the age of nine.〔(Who is… Tendai Mzungu? )〕 He attended Kent Street Senior High School, and played amateur football for the Trinity Aquinas Football Club.〔Duffield, Mark (2012). (Mzungu gets back to grass roots ) – ''The West Australian'' online. Published 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.〕 Falling into the Perth Football Club's recruitment zone in the WAFL, Mzungu made his senior debut for the club in 2006.〔(WAFL profile ). Waflonline.com.au (1986-02-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 He played 72 games over 5 years, winning the Butcher Medal Perth's best and fairest award in 2010,〔(Dockers pick up Perth star ). Heraldsun.com.au (2010-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 and polling 20 votes in the 2010 Sandover Medal.〔(Rivals for Mzungu headed off at pass ). Au.news.yahoo.com (2011-05-21). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 The Fremantle Football Club obtained Mzungu in the trading period before the 2010 AFL Draft, trading their 39th selection to the new club, in return for Mzungu and the 44th selection,〔 after he was pre-listed by the Gold Coast〔(Houli Richmond deal hits trouble ). Theage.com.au (2010-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 as part of the new club's entry concessions. Fremantle had originally intended to rookie list him, but decided to obtain him via a trade after his good form in the 2010 WAFL season.〔 Mzungu performed well for Fremantle in the 2011 NAB Cup pre-season games and was tipped to replace the injured Roger Hayden in Fremantle's backline.〔(Pencil in Fremantle's Tendai Mzungu for half-back role ). Heraldsun.com.au (2011-02-08). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 However, in Fremantle's final pre-season game he damaged his knee medial ligament〔(Docker recruit Tendai Mzungu out for 10 weeks ). News.com.au (2011-03-15). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 He returned to football 10 weeks later, to be selected directly to the AFL, rather than for Perth in the WAFL.〔(Mzungu shocked to get Dockers call-up ). Au.news.yahoo.com (2011-05-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 His debut for Fremantle was in the Round 9 match at AAMI Stadium against , which Fremantle won by 52 points. He was selected as the substitute player〔(Improved Dockers breeze past Port Adelaide ). Perthnow.com.au (2011-05-21). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 and only played the final quarter, replacing Hayden Ballantyne who suffered from a corked thigh (quadriceps contusion).〔(Sandilands hurt as Dockers crash Port ). Au.news.yahoo.com (2011-05-21). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.〕 Mzungu played for Fremantle in the 2013 AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn, Fremantle's first ever Grand Final in their history. In the second quarter, Tendai Mzungu scored Fremantle's first goal of the game, which was also Fremantle's first ever goal in a Grand Final. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tendai Mzungu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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