Teenage Hadebe

Club

FC Cincinnati

Position

Centre-Back

Nationality

Zimbabwe

Date of birth

1995-09-17

Birthplace

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

161 lbs

Shirt number

15

Teenage Lingani Hadebe (born 17 September 1995) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. He also plays for the Zimbabwe national team.
Club career
Early career
Hadebe started his career with Bantu Rovers, making his debut as a 17 year old in 2012. He played the 2012 and 2013 seasons with Bantu in Division One while playing the 2014 season in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League. Bantu Rovers were relegated from the PSL in 2014, so Hadebe joined top-flight side Highlanders in 2015 on a season long loan. After Hadebe helped Highlanders finish 6th in the table, he joined 2015 PSL champions Chicken Inn in January 2016. Hadebe helped Chicken Inn win the Zimbabwean Independence Trophy, defeating Highlanders in the final. All three Zimbabwean clubs Hadebe played for were located in his hometown of Bulawayo.

Kaizer Chiefs
In July 2017 Hadebe signed for South African Premier Division side Kaizer Chiefs. He had previously been on trial for Kaizer Chiefs in August 2016. Hadebe missed the first three months of the season after he suffered an ankle injury in pre-season. He made his Kaizer Chiefs debut on 22 November 2017 in a 0–0 draw with AmaZulu. On 4 April 2018, Hadebe scored in the 90+5th minute, his first goal for the club, to give Amakhosi a 1–0 away win over Free State Stars. He ended the season with 1 goal in 13 league appearances, helping Kaizer Chiefs finish 3rd in the Premier Division.

After missing the start of the 2018–19 season due to an ankle injury, Hadebe made his first appearance of the season on 1 September in a 1–0 loss to SuperSport United in leg 2 of the MTN 8 semifinals, with SuperSport winning 3–2 on aggregate. He made 13 appearances during league play as Amakhosi finished 9th in the table. Hadebe made 5 appearances in the Nedbank Cup as Kaizer Chiefs finished runners-up, losing to second-tier side TS Galaxy in the final 1–0.

Yeni Malatyaspor
On 14 July 2019, Hadebe was sold to Turkish Süper Lig side Yeni Malatyaspor for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for Yeni Malatyaspor on 25 July in a 2–2 draw with Olimpija Ljubljana in a Europa League qualifying match. Hadebe made his Süper Lig debut on 18 August, picking up an assist in a 3–0 win over İstanbul Başakşehir. In November 2019, Hadebe was temporarily prevented from returning to Turkey following the international break due to passport issues, causing him to miss two matches with Yeni Malatyaspor. On 1 March 2020