Caps United legend Joe ‘ Kode’ Mugabe has died.

Mugabe succumbed to cancer in the UK where he was now based in Reading since leaving the country in the early 2000s.

He passed on early Sunday morning, a few weeks shy of his 53rd birthday.

Popularly known as Kode from Mabvuku, Mugabe was the Caps United poster boy in the 1990s, captaining the club to their first league title in post independent Zimbabwe in 1996 under Steve Kwashi who passed on recently.

Mugabe was the Caps United Players’ Player of the Season a record four times in 1993, 1994, 1998 and 2001.

Having made his debut in 1988, Mugabe, won a lot of trophies which saw Caps United get the tag ‘ Cup Kings’.

At the time of his death, Mugabe had started the CAPS United UK-based legends, a registered community organisation that is assisting in the growth of junior football in Zimbabwe.

He had partnered other former Caps United players that includes Frank Nyamukuta, Timothy Chirozvani, Cannisius Tongesai, Liberty Masunda, Tichaona Nyenda, Leonard Chirozvani, Charles Chikeya and United States based Mpumelelo Dzowa.

May his soul rest in peace.

– Zim Diaspora Sports Connect