Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 18 August 1969||
Place of birth | Botshabelo, South Africa [1] | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2019 | South Africa (caretaker) | ||
2019–2021 | South Africa | ||
2023 | Kaizer Chiefs |
Molefi Ntseki (born 18 August 1969) is a South African football coach.
After coaching various national youth teams he became interim manager of the South African senior national team in August 2019. [2] He was appointed permanent manager later that month. [3] In October 2019 he spoke of the need for consistency with the national team players. [4] He was sacked on 31 March 2021. [5]
In May 2021 he became Head of Technical and Youth Development Academy at Kaizer Chiefs. [6] [7] In June 2023 he became head coach of Kaizer Chiefs, [8] before being sacked in October 2023. [9]
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