Mbidzo carves ball juggling niche The Standard (Zimbabwe)24 May 2015BY MUNYARADZI MADZOKERE Desire Mbidzo has graced many big occasions where he shows off his ball artistry Hailing from a footballrich family where his father Phillip and his uncle Felix carved their own pieces of soccer history, Desire Mbidzo was destined to pursue a football career. A talented attacking midfielder during his youthful age, Mbidzo was full of skill and beguiling ball artistry. His dream had always been to make a name in the football fraternity — even taking his prowess to the lucrative European leagues. With cousins Davies, John and later Farai having made their mark in local football, he knew his was not a too far-fetched dream. Mbidzo started off at Black Aces junior football where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Francis Jeyiman and Knowledge Zinyama and progressed to don the Eiffel Flats, Unique Select, ZRP Tomlinson and Sporting Lions colours. And as fate would have it, one day in 1994, the then 23-year-old suffered knee injury that prematurely shut him out of the soccer field. Naturally the young man was devastated, hopes shattered