Kegan Johannes

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Kegan Johannes
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 37
Youth career
Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Cape Town Spurs 62 (4)
2021–2024 SuperSport United 58 (4)
2024– Mamelodi Sundowns 4 (0)
International career‡
2019 South Africa U23 3 (0)
2022– South Africa 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 August 2025

Kegan Johannes (born 31 March 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League. [2]

He hails from Bishop Lavis. [3] He played youth soccer for Ajax Cape Town, [4] which was rebranded Cape Town Spurs. He made his debut in 2019 and signed for the first team in March 2019. [3] He represented South Africa U23 in their successful qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games. [5]

Johannes joined SuperSport United in the summer of 2021, and during the forthcoming season he was "fast emerging as one of the best defenders" of the league, according to IOL. [6] [5]

Johannes was called up to Bafana Bafana for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. Here, South Africa lost to Mozambique on penalty shootouts. In a consolation tournament known as the Plate, Johannes captained the team to win the plate final against Botswana. [1] [6] Subsequently, SuperSport United refused to let Johannes or any other of their players join the South African team for the 2022 African Nations Championship qualification against Comoros, citing that the 2022-23 South African Premier Division start was too close. [7]

In 2024, Johannes signed for South Africa's biggest club Mamelodi Sundowns. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Kegan Johannes at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Kegan Johannes at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Announcement of Ajax New Signing" (Press release). Cape Town Spurs. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Khan, Zain (23 March 2018). "EXTRA TIME: Watch Kegan Johannes' magic penalty for Ajax Cape Town". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 Delport, Rob (9 February 2022). "Exclusive: Kegan Johannes On His Start At SuperSport". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 Msomi, Smiso (28 July 2022). "I want to win trophies with SuperSport - youngster Kegan Johannes". IOL. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Ditlhobolo, Austin (20 July 2022). "South Africa coach Mkhalele loses players ahead of 2022 Chan qualifier against Comoros". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Madyira, Michael (22 July 2024). "Kegan Johannes: Mamelodi Sundowns complete the signing of Orlando Pirates linked-defender from SuperSport United". Goal. Retrieved 30 September 2024.


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