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Zimbabwe: Quincy Antipas Joins Danish Top-Flight League

Harare — Quincy Antipas, a forward who built his profile as one of the most promising stars from the Class of 2004, 2005 and 2006 young Zimbabwean players, has made another move in the Danish football.

The former Motor Action striker, who was playing in the Danish second division since last year, has now moved to that country's top-flight league. He is now at Danish SAS Ligaen side FC Koge.

Previously, he was at lower division side FC Blokhus. The player's father Joey, who is also the coach at Quincy's former club, Motor Action, confirmed that the striker has taken up a new challenge in his career. "He has now changed clubs in Denmark. The new club is Koge," said Antipas.

Koge was formed in March 2009, following the merger between Koge BK and Herfolge Boldklub. The two clubs formed an alliance to survive a serious financial challenge that was threatening both teams. Koge play their home games at the 7 500 seater Seas-nve Pash stadium and have Germany national Auri Skabalius as their manager.

Last year Quincy told The Herald that he has joined the lower division side Blokhus as a way of breaking into lucrative European football and was determined to move to a top Danish club.

Now that dream has come true for the former Prince Edward boy who was also part of the trailblazing CAPS United squad of 2004. Joey also believes it is a positive move. "He was playing in the second division but now he has moved up a notch to the top-flight league," said Joey yesterday.

Quincy moved to Blokhus, a Danish Two West club when he signed from Moroccan giants Moghreb. His move to Morocco was blighted by problems as Motor Action demanded US$90 000 from the Moroccan team Moghreb Athletic Tetoun which was insisting on paying US$20 000. Motor Action appealed to Zifa to withhold the issuance of an international clearance to the Moroccan side until they had settled the dispute.

Before moving to Morocco in 2006, Quincy had also spent more than four months sidelined from the game because of a dispute between the Mighty Bulls and CAPS United in 2005. Antipas spent the 2004 season at CAPS United, winning the league title but Motor Action recalled the player from loan claiming that CAPS United had not honoured their part of the deal.

It was at CAPS United that Antipas' rating rose as he was a member of the Young Warriors as well as the locally assembled senior national team.

When Brazilian national Valinhos was in charge of the Warriors, he gave Quincy some cameo roles in the team during the failed bid to qualify for the 2010 Nations Cup in Angola. But it is his move to the Danish top league that is likely to blow life into his career. Koge is playing in the same league with famed Dannish clubs like FC Copenhagen who play in the Uefa club competitions.

According to the clubs' website, Quincy is described as an attacking player who has pace and vision. The Koge website also noted his stints at CAPS United, Motor Action and in Morocco. At Kobe, he is one of the five foreign players who include Fabinho, a Brazilian, Emmanuel Ake from Kenya, Rytis Leliuga from Lithuania and Arman Mehakorovic from Bosnia .

Quincy has already scored for his newclub, heading an equaliser, during the 1-1 draw with Silkeborg last month.


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