Sibongiseni Mthethwa

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Sibongiseni Mthethwa
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 Royal Eagles 6 (0)
2020–2022 Black Leopards 42 (0)
2022–2023 Stellenbosch 41 (0)
2023– Kaizer Chiefs 5 (0)
International career‡
2022– South Africa 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023

Sibongiseni Mthethwa (born 20 September 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League.

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Club career

Playing for the Black Leopards and being relegated from the 2020-21 South African Premier Division, [2] Mthethwa was signed by first-tier team Stellenbosch in the winter of 2022. [3]

Following a good start of the 2022-23 South African Premier Division campaign, he was suggested for a callup to Bafana Bafana. Only three Stellenbosch players had been called up before, these being Athenkosi Mcaba, Antonio van Wyk and Jayden Adams. [4] [5] The callup came for two friendly matches in September 2022. [6] He featured in one of the games, against Botswana. Mthethwa was subsequently called up to the 2023 COSAFA Cup as well. [1]

Nearing the end of the season, several clubs were linked with buying Mthethwa, including Kaizer Chiefs [7] and AmaZulu. [8] Stellenbosch manager Steve Barker was reluctant to sell to a South African club, but was "not going to stand in the way when a European team comes in for one of our players, and he's got an opportunity to play at a higher level". [7]

On 21 September 2023, with just two days remaining of the transfer window, Mthethwa signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal. [9]

Personal life

Mthethwa is nicknamed Ox. He hails from Estcourt. [4] [10]

Honours

South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Sibongiseni Mthethwa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Sibongiseni Mthethwa at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Lethoba, Thomas (4 February 2022). "Stellies confirm signing up Mthethwa". Sunday World. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Stellenbosch FC midfielder Sibongiseni 'Ox' Mthethwa backed for Bafana Bafana call-up". Kickoff. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Munyai, Ofhani (19 September 2022). "Why 'fighter' Ox Mthethwa deserves the Bafana call-up". FAR Post. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Kganyago, Lethabo (21 September 2022). "New Bafana Midfielder Hailed A 'Winner'". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. 1 2 Ditlhobolo, Austin (14 April 2023). "Kaizer Chiefs favourites to sign Mendieta and Mthethwa? - Stellenbosch FC's Barker speaks out". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Matakanye, Robert (17 March 2023). "Amazulu join Kaizer Chiefs in race for Sibongiseni Mthethwa". This is Football. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "CHIEFS SIGN MTHETHWA FROM STELLENBOSCH". www.kaizerchiefs.com. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Ndebele, Sihle (6 June 2023). "How Stellies' 'Ox' is ploughing back to his community". The Sowetan. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Edwards, Piers (10 February 2024). "South Africa 0–0 DR Congo". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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