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He is among several other football legends who will grace the official launch of the Legends in Rwanda event gala scheduled for October 12-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed Rwandans and the country,\u201d Gatete told journalists upon arrival at Kigali International Airport.<br \/>\nGatete, a former player for Rayon Sports, APR FC, Mukura Victory Sport and Ethiopian side St Georges, retired from international football in 2013 and ventured into business.<\/p>\n<p>He is especially remembered for the winning goal he scored against Ghana to give Rwanda the first and lone qualification to a big continental tournament, the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan soccer legend Jimmy Gatete said he missed Rwandans after nearly a decade after he retired. The 38-year-old arrived in Kigali on Monday, October 10. He is among several other football legends who will grace the official launch of the Legends in Rwanda event gala scheduled for October 12-14. \u201cI missed Rwandans and the country,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I missed Rwandans, says Jimmy Gatete as he lands in Kigali - BWIZA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=52389\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I missed Rwandans, says Jimmy Gatete as he lands in Kigali - BWIZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwandan soccer legend Jimmy Gatete said he missed Rwandans after nearly a decade after he retired. 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