Lizo Mjempu

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Lizo Mjempu
Personal information
Full name Lizo Matthews Mjempu
Date of birth (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Queenstown, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Passion FC (manager)
Youth career
Remember FC
Early Birds
Jomo Cosmos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Jomo Cosmos
Mpumalanga Black Aces
Lusitano
2010–2011 Ajax Cape Town 17 (0)
2011–2012 Orlando Pirates 3 (0)
2012–2015 Moroka Swallows
Managerial career
2020– Passion FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lizo Mjempu (born 1 January 1984 in Queenstown) is a South African professional footballer who played as a defender for Moroka Swallows. [1] [2]

Career

Lizo Mjempu began his professional career in the South African Premier Soccer League playing for Mpumalanga Black Aces, followed by Jomo Cosmos and Lusitano F.C. before signing with Ajax Cape Town as a free transfer in the summer of 2010. [3] His last club was Moroka Swallows until 2015. [4]

In 2020 he became manager of Passion FC. [2]

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References

  1. "Lizo Mjempu". IMScoutting. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 Lizo Mjempu at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. "Lizo Mjempu". Ajax Cape Town Official Site. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  4. Lizo Mjempu at WorldFootball.net