Kanu,Yakubu Invited for Benjani Testimonial

Benjani Mwariwari the former Zimbabwe captain his made his plans on his testimonial match public.

The match which will be between the National team and an African all-star team made up of both retired and active players.

The game will be played on 26 May in Harare and invites were sent to players like Nwankwo Kanu, Yakubu Ayegbeni and Michael Essien to take part in the game.

So far the Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Portsmouth, where he played as a striker till he left in 2010 has invited about 25 players but hopes to have a total of 40 African players even though he said not everyone one of them will be able to make it.

Emmanuel Adebayor, El Hadji Diouf, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena and Steven Pienaar are all likely to be asked to take part as well.

After playing for Auxerre in France, Benjani spent five seasons in the English Premier League with Portsmouth, Manchester City, Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers, where he rubbed shoulders with many top African players.

Benjani, 33, began his career at Lulu Rovers, Zimba Africa Rivers, University of Zimbabwe teams in Zimbabwe’s Division one and Air Zimbabwe Jets in the country’s Premier League in 1999. He moved to South African club Jomo Cosmos in 1999 where he met his mentor Jomo Sono, after impressing in the friendly match between South Africa and Zimbabwe that was played to commemorate the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as the president of South Africa.[citation needed]

In 2001, he was voted PSL Player of the Season and PSL Players’ Player of the Season in South Africa.