French Ligue 1 Stade Reims Honours Zimbabwean Intl Munetsi

French Ligue 1 Stade Reims Honours Zimbabwean Intl Munetsi For Playing 100 Matches

Zimbabwean Warriors International Marshall Munetsi has been honoured by his French Ligue 1 side Stade Reims after managing 100 appearances the football club.

The Zimbabwean international was honoured for the feat despite his side’s 2-1 loss to Marseille at home on Sunday just before the crucial encounter.

“100 matches in Red and White, let’s celebrate our tireless midfielder Marshall Munetsi,” the club Twitted.

Munetsi’s impressive stats in Ligue 1 have seen the player linked with a move to England where Burnley, Watford and Bournemouth have been linked with Zimbabwean international.

The midfielder appeared in 24 games for Reims, in last season’s Ligue 1, scoring five goals and providing one assist.

The prolific Munetsi joined Reims in July 2019 from Zimbabwe’s neighbors South Africa’s Orlando Pirates, for whom he made 28 league appearances in total.

He debuted in a Ligue 1 fixture for Reims on September 1, 2019 as a substitute against Lille at the age of 23 years and 71 days. In his Ligue 1 career overall, he has played 92 times in the competition, with 11 goals and six assists.

The midfielder has netted five Ligue 1 goals this season, amassing four yellow cards. It was versus Toulouse on February 26 when Munetsi last scored, netting in a 3-0 win. His opening goal of the campaign came in the 4-2 victory against Angers SCO on August 31. In the team’s next Ligue 1 game on April 2, Reims, who are in ninth spot in the table on 43 points, face a trip to Nantes.