Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Maswanganyi | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Tembisa, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando Pirates | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Stars of Africa | |||
Oliveirense | |||
Academica de Coimbra U23 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Supersport United | 22 | (0) |
2023– | Orlando Pirates | 43 | (21) |
International career‡ | |||
South Africa U20 | 3 | (0) | |
2024– | South Africa | 4 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Patrick "Tito" Maswanganyi (born 4 April 1998) is a South African professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team. He is regarded as one of the best midfielders in South Africa.
Maswanganyi spent his early years as a professional footballer in Portugal, where he turned out for U.D. Oliveirense and Académica de Coimbra. [1]
In 2022, he moved back to South Africa and joined the Betway Premiership side, SuperSport United F.C.
In 2023, he joined the Soweto club Orlando Pirates. [2]
Maswanganyi received his first senior national team call-up for two International Friendlies against Andorra and Algeria. [3] He made his debut against the former on 21 March 2024, where he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw.On 15 November 2024, Patrick scored his first goal for South Africa in a 2-0 win over Uganda during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. [4]
Club
As of 21 September 2024 [5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SuperSport United | 2022–23 | DStv Premiership | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Orlando Pirates | 2023–24 | DStv Premiership | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10 |
2024–25 | Betway Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Career Total | 52 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 11 |
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