Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mompati Thuma | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Botswana | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender (central and right) | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Botswana Defence Force XI | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Mogoditshane Fighters | ||
2007– | Botswana Defence Force XI | ||
International career‡ | |||
2004–2013 | Botswana | 84 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2013 |
Mompati Thuma (born 5 April 1981) is a Motswana former footballer. He currently plays for the Botswana Defence Force XI in the Botswana Premier League.
He has 84 caps for Botswana since his debut in 2004, making him the most capped player of the national team. [1]
Mompati Thuma is from a family of three and the only son from his family.[ citation needed ] He works as a public officer and soldier.[ citation needed ] He used to play karate as his favourite sport, which he practiced since his primary school days.[ citation needed ]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1 | 27 October 2010 | Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse, Botswana | Swaziland | 2-0 | Win | Friendly | |||||
Correct as of 13 January 2017 [2] | |||||||||||
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