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{{short description|Zimbabwean footballer and manager (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ian Gorowa
| image =
| fullname = Ian Kuziva Gorowa 'Dibango'
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rusape]], Zimbabwe
| height =
| position = [[winger (sport)|attacking winger]]
| currentclub =
| years1 =  | caps1 =   | goals1 =  | clubs1 = [[Dynamos (Zimbabwe)|Dynamos]]
| years2 =  | caps2 =   | goals2 =  | clubs2 = [[Black Rhinos]]
| years3 =  | caps3 =   | goals3 =  | clubs3 = [[Cape Town Spurs]]
| years4 =  | caps4 =   | goals4 =   | clubs4 =
| years5 =  | caps5 =   | goals5 =   | clubs5 =
| manageryears2 = 2013–2014
| manageryears1 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs2 = [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]
| managerclubs1 = [[Moroka Swallows F.C.]]
}}
'''Ian Kuziva Gorowa''' Dibango (born 16 November 1971) is a former [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Association football|footballer]], formerly managing South African [[Premier Soccer League]] side [[Moroka Swallows]].
==Playing days==
Ian 'Dibango' Gorowa came to South Africa after playing for [[Dynamos (Zimbabwe)|Dynamos]] and [[Black Rhinos]] in his native country. He joined the now defunct [[Cape Town Spurs]] where he made a name for himself as an [[winger (sport)|attacking winger]].
Unfortunately, his playing days came to an abrupt end at the relatively young age of 29 when he suffered a career-ending injury while playing for Spurs.
He represented the [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwean national team]] 26 times and scored 11 goals in the process. He played for Zimbabwe at the [[1998 COSAFA Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Courtney, Barrie|title=COSAFA Cup 1998 Details|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cosafa98-det.html|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref>
==Coaching career==
After his retirement he became Spurs' assistant coach. When Spurs merged with [[Seven Stars (South African Soccer Club)|Seven Stars]] to form [[Ajax Cape Town]], Gorowa was roped in by Ajax CEO John Comitis as one of the development coaches.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
He then went on to become the team's assistant coach. As assistant to Turk [[Muhsin Ertugral]], the ''Urban Warriors'' managed to win the 2007 [[Nedbank Cup|ABSA Cup]]—the club's first major trophy since 2000.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
He joined ''The Birds'' on a three-year contract in June 2007 to replace [[Gavin Hunt]] who moved to [[SuperSport United]] as replacement for [[Pitso Mosimane]] who chose to take up a full-time job as [[Carlos Alberto Parreira]]'s deputy in the [[Bafana Bafana]] dressing room. He later parted ways with the club and now works as an assistant coach at [[Thanda Royal Zulu]].<ref>{{cite web|work=The Herald|location=Zimbabwe|title=Gorowa gets new job|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=5393&cat=5|date=4 June 2009|accessdate=2009-07-01}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 24 July 2013 he became the manager of Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nehandaradio.com/2013/07/24/ian-gorowa-takes-over-warriors/|title=Ian Gorowa takes over Warriors|date=24 July 2013|publisher=Nehanda Radio}}</ref> He resigned on 6 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28648834|title=Ian Gorowa resigns as Zimbabwe coach|date=6 August 2014|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Zimbabwe national football team managers}}
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Rusape]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean men's footballers]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean football managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Moroka Swallows F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Zimbabwe national football team managers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Manicaland Province]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean expatriate football managers]]