Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfield/ wingback | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Kilchberg | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2019 | Legends Academy | ||
2019–2021 | Gateshead | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2021 | Newcastle Blue Star [1][ better source needed] | 13 | (7) |
2021– | FC Kilchberg | 45 | (10) |
International career | |||
2020– | Zimbabwe U20 | 1 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sebastien Summerfield (born 11 February 2002) is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Kilchberg in Zürich, Switzerland. [2] [3]
Summerfield was born and raised in the Newlands suburb of Harare. [4] He was schooled in his home country Zimbabwe. [5] He began playing football at a very early age [6] and started playing academy football at Celebration Centre aged 6. He attended Harare International School till 2020. While there, Summerfield was coached by former Zimbabwe Warriors Player, Alan Johnson. [7]
At age 17, Summerfield was scouted by former Bafana Bafana player and Newcastle FC midfielder; Matty Pattison to join Gateshead F.C., located in Gateshead, a location across the river from Newcastle upon Tyne (in the United Kingdom). Summerfield moved to Newcastle in 2019. While at Gateshead, Summerfield caught the eye of Zimbabwe U-20 National team Coach Tonderai Ndiraya. [8] who selected him to represent Zimbabwe at the 2020 COSAFA Tournament held in Nelson Mandela Bay. [9] [10] Whilst at COSAFA, Summerfield was handpicked by FC Kilchberg in Zürich, Switzerland. [11] Summerfield made his Swiss debut in October 2021. [12]
Early in 2023, Summerfield added his voice [13] to the growing outcry by prominent players such as Bill Antonio and Tino Kadewere over Zimbabwe's indefinite suspension on the international playing field since February 2022 [14] citing the bans' stunting of young Zimbabwean talent. [15]
Summerfield has hosted a series of Under-16 scouting tournaments in the low income areas of Harare, Zimbabwe [4] where he has helped scout talent from low income areas. [16] The grassroots football project has held tournaments in Dzivarasekwa, Mabvuku and Mbare. [17] Summerfield is the founder of the SRS foundation Zimbabwe. A grassroots football foundation which empowers footballers through education and professional opportunities in the football world.
Club | Season | League | National | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Assists | Division | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
Zimbabwe National Team | November–December 2020 | COSAFA U-20 National Tournament | |||||||
FC Kilchberg-Ruschilkon | 2021–23 | 45 | 10 | 15 | |||||
Gateshead | 2020–21 | U-20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Newcastle Blue Star | 2020–21 | 13 | 7 | 7 | |||||
Dynamos FC | 2020, 2021, 2022 | Zimbabwe Premier League | |||||||
FC Winterthur | U-21 Pre-Season Training | ||||||||
FC Schaffhausen | U-21 Pre-Season Training | ||||||||
FC Thalwil | U-21 Pre-Season Training |