Warriors captain Ovidy Karuru has impressed coach Sunday Chidzambwa with his versatility and reliability in the ongoing COSAFA Castle Cup in South Africa.

Karuru’s latest contribution to the Warriors was scoring the opening goal in Zimbabwe’s 2-1 victory over Swaziland on Sunday, to add to his hat-trick against Seychelles and bring his tally to a total of six goals thus far.

Speaking to reporters after the Swaziland victory, Chidzambwa was full of praise for the Zimbabwe skipper.

“Karuru is a very talented player who is able to play in so many positions. We can use him as a wide midfielder, behind the strikers or even as a striker because he is also very good in front of goal.”

Besides the goal he scored agaist Sihlangu, Chidzambwa also explains how Karuru’s influence in attack made the difference in Sunday’s quarter-final game.

“We started the second half badly and gave away a very easy goal that was a result of some poor positional play by one of the central defenders.

“We then made tactical changes to push Ovidy more upfront and we then regained control of the game and from one of the many corners and free kicks we forced, our dead-ball specialist Ocean [Mushure] sent a cross which Knox [Mutizwa] headed in.”

The Warriors play Lesotho on Wednesday in the semi-finals at Moruleng Stadium.