WARRIORS coach
Fabisch is one of the three overseas-based players that were drafted in the 25-man squad announced by the ZIFA yesterday. The other overseas players in the squad are goalkeeper Martin Mapisa, who plays for Zamora CF in
The 19-year-old Fabisch is the son of legendary former
He is part of a generation of players raised in
Fabisch has been targeted by successive
The Hamburger SV II defensive midfielder failed to honour previous call-ups mainly because of club commitments. He has been progressing steadily at the German 2 Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV, and is closer to making the first team.
Another interesting addition in Loga's team is US-based Zimbabwean midfielder Dube. The 24-year-old Hwange born attacking midfielder plays for American fourth tier side, Little Rock Rangers.
He is the son of former Hwange players/coach and ex-Warriors assistant coach, Nation Dube.
Loga has indicated that he has reserved the COSAFA tournament to some of the fringe players that he would want to have a look at ahead of the important World Cup Qualifiers and the
The Warriors are also set to welcome back goalkeeper Mapisa for the COSAFA Cup. The 23-year old made his national team debut when
Mapisa will be competing for the starting place with Ngezi Platinum Stars' Nelson Chadya and veteran Washington Arubi, who is making his return to the fold after six years.
Arubi, who plays for Marumo Gallants in
The 35-year-old played an instrumental role to lead TTM to their first silverware by winning the Nedbank Cup, which saw them qualify for next season's CAF Confederation Cup.
He kept four clean sheets out of the five matches they played.
Arubi went on to win the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament and pocketed R150 000.
He is part of the
Karuru, who is set to leave relegated Black Leopards, is one of the regular players in the national team and could be needed for his experience.
Golden Arrows Mutizwa and club-less Rusike are the other foreign-based players that had limited opportunities during the recent Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Loga should be eager to add to his options upfront ahead of the start of the 2022
The Croatian coach has also extended his options to
But the majority of the players in the squad are local-based players and were part of the CHAN tournament in
The light also fell on some of the players that performed well during the season-opening Chibuku Super Cup first round.
However, midfielder
The Warriors are set to begin their preparations in
Loga has spelt out his vision at COSAFA in previous interviews.
"We are going to use players which we didn't see much during the
"We will give chances to some players which are showing potential to become future stars and those who didn't get many minutes during qualification for
"We are not going with the strongest squad; we didn't call 14 or 15 players top players who are regulars for the national team.
"We are not talking about whether we win or not. We are using this tournament to try to make our squad stronger for
The COSAFA Cup will be played in Port Elizabeth in
The Warriors will open their campaign in Group C against
They will face
The tournament will be played in a bio-secure environment in line with the Covid-19 regulations. All matches will be live on SuperSport and streamed on COSAFA.TV.
Warriors COSAFA Cup Squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Washington Arubi (Marumo Gallants), Nelson Chadya (Ngezi Platinum Stars), Martin Mapisa (Zamora CF)
DEFENDERS: MacClive Phiri (Sekhukhune United),
MIDFIELDERS:
STRIKERS: Farau Matare (Bulawayo Chiefs),
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