Rwandan football player Emmanuel Imanishimwe, also called Mangwende, has returned to play football after being injured for seven months. On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, his club AEL Limassol from Cyprus played a friendly match against Akritas Chlorakas FC. AEL Limassol won 2-0 in this game. For the first time since his injury, Mangwende started the match. He hurt his knee in December 2024,and also had surgery in January this year, and started light and easy training in April. He recently began full training with his teammates and is now back on the field. Before the injury, he played only 12 g

Rwandan football player Emmanuel Imanishimwe, also called Mangwende, has returned to play football after being injured for seven months. On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, his club AEL Limassol from Cyprus played a friendly match against Akritas Chlorakas FC. AEL Limassol won 2-0 in this game. For the first time since his injury, Mangwende started the match. He hurt his knee in December 2024,and also had surgery in January this year, and started light and easy training in April. He recently began full training with his teammates and is now back on the field. Before the injury, he played only 12 games for AEL Limassol after moving there from AS FAR Rabat in Morocco in 2024. Because of his injury, he also missed important matches with Rwanda’s national team, the Amavubi. His return makes both AEL Limassol fans and Rwandans happy, as they look forward to seeing him play again.

Mangwende now is back on field after seven months in injury.

Rwandans happy, as they look forward to see him play again.

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