Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maphosa Posman Modiba | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Polokwane Bochum, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
School of Excellence | |||
Mpumalanga Black Aces | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | 26 | (0) |
2016 | Cape Town City | 1 | (0) |
2016–2020 | SuperSport United | 98 | (19) |
2020– | Mamelodi Sundowns | 74 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | South Africa | 11 | (3) |
2016 | South Africa Olympic | 14 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2022 |
Aubrey "Postman" Modiba (born 22 July 1995) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a left-midfielder and left-back for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League. He has played for the South Africa national under-20 soccer team and currently represents the South Africa national team. He is a former Mpumalanga Black Aces player, where he played his first two Premier Soccer League seasons. He represented South Africa in the soccer competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Modiba began his professional soccer career at 19 years old representing Mpumalanga Black Aces in the 2014–15 PSL season. He managed only 1 appearance in his opening season, but grew to strength quickly earning himself 25 appearances in only his second season. In 2016, he was signed by Cape Town City after the relocation of Aces.
Modiba currently plays for the South Africa national U23 team as a midfielder. He has earned 6 caps at the U23 level and 17 with the U20 team. In 2016, Modiba was selected to represent South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He featured in every one of the team's three games, starting in midfield for two out of three. [1]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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South Africa | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 2 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 3 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 June 2018 | Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa | Namibia | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2018 COSAFA Cup |
2. | 8 June 2018 | Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa | Botswana | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
3. | 24 September 2022 | FNB Stadium, Soweto, South Africa | Sierra Leone | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2022 COSAFA Cup |
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