Career
He played as defender and midfielder position. In 2012, he was suspended from his job as Zimbabwe"s national football team manager for alleged match-fixing. Mapeza began his playing career with Darryn Textiles F.C. in Harare.
He moved to Europe to play with Sokół Pniewy in the Polish Ekstraklasa for the 1993-1994 season.
Mapeza next played for several clubs in the Türkish Super Lig, including Galatasaray South.K., Ankaragücü, Altay South.K. and Malatyaspor. He was only the second Zimbabwean player to play in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League, appearing in the competition with Galatasaray in the 1990s.
Mapeza is also the Zimbabwe National Under 23 Head Coach and the current head coach for the Zimbabwe National Team. 1993/94 Sokół Pniewy (Poland)
1994/95 Galatasaray (Turkey)
1995/96 Ankaragücü (Turkey)
1996/97 Altay South.K. (Turkey)
1997/98 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
1998/99 Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey)
1999/00 Altay South.K. (Turkey)
2000/01 SV Ried im Innkreis (Austria)
2001/02 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
2002/03 Malatyaspor (Turkey)
2003/04 CAPS United (Zimbabwe)
2005/06 Ajax Cape Town (South Africa).