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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rooi Petros Mahamutsa | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Standerton, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Highlanders FC | |||
Chipeya Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
PJ Stars | |||
–2008 | Witbank Spurs | ||
2008–2016 | Orlando Pirates | 151 | (23) |
2017–2019 | Free State Stars | 59 | (1) |
2020 | Ajax Cape Town | 3 | (0) |
2022 | TS Sporting | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2013 | South Africa | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2022 |
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