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Prosper Padera

Prosper Padera is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Veikkausliiga club SJK Seinäjoki and the Zimbabwe national team.

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Prosper Padera
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-10-09) 9 October 2006
Place of birth Mutare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SJK
Number 30
Youth career
Prime Time Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Brooke House College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– SJK 13 (0)
2025– SJK II 4 (0)
International career‡
2025– Zimbabwe 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 September 2025

Prosper Padera (born 9 October 2006) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Veikkausliiga club SJK Seinäjoki and the Zimbabwe national team.

Career

Padera played for Mutare-based Majesa Academy and Harare-based Prime Time Academy in his native Zimbabwe, before joining Brooke House College in the United Kingdom on a scholarship in 2023. He also trialed for Brentford.12

In December 2024, Padera moved to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga club SJK Seinäjoki on a four-year deal.34 He made his debut in Veikkausliiga on 2 May against KuPS.

International career

On 11 December 2025, Padera was called up to the Zimbabwe squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.5

Career statistics

International

As of match played 9 September 20256
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Zimbabwe 2025 4 0
Total 4 0
References

References

  1. NEW: Zim teen prodigy has EPL suitor, heraldonline.co.zw, 29 November 2023
  2. Zim prospect at Brentford, heraldonline.co.zw, 7 December 2023
  3. Prosper Padera SJK:n keskikentälle, sjk.fi, 19 December 2024
  4. Prosper Padera seals 4-year deal with Finland side, heraldonline.co.zw, 1 December 2024
  5. @online_zifa (11 December 2025). "The wait is over. Here is the final Warriors AFCON 2025 squad to represent Zimbabwe in Morocco" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 December 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  6. Prosper Padera at National-Football-Teams.com
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