Sbonelo Cele

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Sbonelo Cele
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Durban, South Africa [1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Golden Arrows
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Uthongathi 25 (1)
2021– Golden Arrows 50 (2)
International career
2022– South Africa 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023

Sbonelo Cele (born 27 August 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a left back for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the Premier Soccer League. [2]

In March 2022 he was named in a preliminary national team squad to play France, but was not a part of the final 23-man squad. [3] Cele was instead called up to Bafana Bafana for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. Here, he featured during the plate final which South Africa won against Botswana. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sbonelo Cele at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Sbonelo Cele at Soccerway
  3. Mark, Jonty (14 March 2022). "Losing against France is better than winning against Botswana, says Bafana's Broos". The Citizen. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. Dindi, Sithembiso (17 July 2022). "Mkhalele's young Bafana edge Botswana to win Cosafa plate final". Dispatch Live. Retrieved 12 June 2023.