Zimbabweans are waking up every weekend checking one thing first, how Tawanda Maswanhise has done in Scotland.
The Motherwell FC forward is having the kind of season that gets people talking in buses, at work, and on social media. For Motherwell FC, he has become the main man up front, the one they look to when they need goals.
Maswanhise’s form this season has not gone unnoticed at Motherwell, where he has earned three separate nominations as the club prepares to hand out its end-of-season awards.
His influence is reflected in his nomination for both Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year, recognition that he has moved from promise to performance in a demanding league where consistency counts for everything.
He has grown into a key forward for Motherwell, now relied on to score goals and lead the attack. He has not just been scoring, he has been scoring important goals. His strikes against Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock FC have both been shortlisted for Goal of the Season.
The numbers tell their own story. 22 goals in all competitions. 17 in the league. That is a striker doing his job properly. Last season he managed six goals, so this is a big jump. Now he is one of the top scorers in the Scottish Premiership.
Recognition has followed at pace. He has twice been named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month, in November 2025 and January 2026, and earlier collected the Premier Sports Cup Player of the Month award. At club level, six Motherwell Player of the Month awards across the same season point not to a hot streak, but to sustained influence across the calendar.
The attention has not been confined to Scotland. His performances for Zimbabwe at the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 added another layer to a season in which he has steadily expanded his profile beyond club football.
Unsurprisingly, the last transfer window saw interest building. Celtic FC and Blackburn Rovers are among those monitoring developments, with the prospect of a move increasingly difficult to ignore.
