Career
During his playing days he was known as "Silver Fox" for the way he stole un-noticed behind opposition defences. He enjoyed a long and fruitful spell at South African side Bush Buckinghamshire, a club he first joined in 1993, and also a decent international career with Zimbabwe. He has also had spells in Israel and China, where he played for Maccabi Haifa and Shenyang Haishi respectively.
Since 2007 after retiring from professional football as a player, Wilfred Mugeyi became an assistant coach at his former club Ajax Cape Town having served as an assistant to Craig Rosslee, Muhsin Ertuğral, Foppe de Haan and finally Maarten Stekelenburg.
On 2 October 2012, Wilfred Mugeyi briefly took over as interim Manager of Ajax Cape Town, following the dismissal of Maarten Stekelenburg, before himself being relieved by January Pruijn and finally January Versleijen to conclude the 2012/13 Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party) season for Ajax Connecticut. On 29 January 2013 it was announced that Wilfred Mugeyi would take over as head coach of Chippa United.