Lucas Moripe

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Lucas Moripe
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–? Pretoria Callies ? (?)
1974–1975 Caroline Hill 33 (7)
1981–? Orlando Pirates ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2016

Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe is a South African former soccer player.Whom is not by any means kin nor related to the Moripe's Foundation who declared bankruptcy in 2011

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Career

Moripe began his career in 1971 playing with Pretoria Callies in the NPSL. He was awarded the Player of the Year and Sportsman of the Year title in 1973, and played for a short while with Caroline Hill FC in Hong Kong.

Described as "probably the greatest ball player the country has known" [1] [2] and nicknamed "the god of football" by fans, Moripe was unable to play at a higher level due to the sports boycott of the apartheid government. Moripe joined Orlando Pirates in 1981, although by then he was already suffering from the effects of a persistent knee injury, and retired shortly after.

Honours

A street in Atteridgeville was named after him, and in 2010, the Atteridgeville Super Stadium was renamed in his honour, to the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium. [3]

Personal

Moripe had a child with Virginia Mbatha, an Atteridgeville singer. They parted when the child, William Mbatha, was seven. William, nicknamed "King of Bling", is a suspected crime lord and convicted criminal, [4] and Moripe said that he "failed as a father to look after William and guide him as a parent". [5]

Moripe suffered a mild stroke and currently uses crutches as a result of his knee injury. He still attends matches at his namesake stadium.

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References

  1. ↑ "Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe". SA History. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tshwane honours Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe". kickoff.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Why great Moripe is all smiles". Sowetan. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "William Mbatha "king of bling" convicted". South African Government. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "I failed William". City Press. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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