| Cleopas Dube | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Hwange, Zimbabwe |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Uthongathi |
| Years1: | 2013 |
| Clubs1: | ZPC Hwange |
| Years2: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Highlanders |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | → Bulawayo Chiefs (loan) |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs4: | Witbank Spurs |
| Caps4: | 42 |
| Goals4: | 14 |
| Years5: | 2016 |
| Clubs5: | Baroka |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | Stellenbosch |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2017 |
| Clubs7: | Royal Eagles |
| Caps7: | 2 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs8: | Witbank Spurs |
| Caps8: | 31 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 2019– |
| Clubs9: | Uthongathi |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC) |
Cleopas Dube (born 29 March 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uthongathi.[1]
Dube began his footballing career in Zimbabwe with ZPC Hwange. He left in 2013 to join Highlanders, before being loaned out to Bulawayo Chiefs.[2] In 2014, Dube joined National First Division side Witbank Spurs in South Africa.[1] [3] He made his Spurs and professional career debut on 31 August in a league win against Cape Town All Stars. In his next match for the club, on 14 September, Dube scored his first goal in a defeat to Highlands Park.[1] That was his only goal in 2014–15, but he subsequently scored thirteen in twenty-four in 2015–16.[1] Ahead of 2016–17, Dube joined newly promoted South African Premier Division club Baroka.[1]
Dube scored once in ten appearances before leaving Baroka in January 2017.[4] In February 2017, after leaving Baroka, Dube joined National First Division side Stellenbosch.[5] He made sixteen appearances in all competitions for the club in 2016–17. In July, Dube joined fellow NFD side Royal Eagles.[6] [7] He made his debut against Uthongathi, prior to scoring his first goal in his second match versus Highlands Park; the same opponent he scored his first Spurs goal for.[1] Dube rejoined Witbank Spurs in January 2018.[1] He scored in his first match back, getting a late consolation in a 2–1 defeat to Ubuntu Cape Town on 7 January.[1]
In June 2019, following relegation with Witbank, Dube remained in the National First Division after agreeing terms with Uthongathi.[8]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stellenbosch | 2016–17 | National First Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3[9] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Royal Eagles | 2017–18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Witbank Spurs | 2017–18 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||||
| Uthongathi | 2019–20 | National First Division | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 61 | 9 | |||||
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