Thabani Dube

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Thabani Dube
Personal information
Full name Austin Thabani Dube
Date of birth (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 30)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Richards Bay
Number 99
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Witbank Spurs 18 (2)
2018–2020 TS Galaxy 40 (2)
2019–2020 Richards Bay 30 (5)
2021–2023 Kaizer Chiefs 17 (0)
2023– Richards Bay 5 (0)
International career
2021– South Africa 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:33, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2021

Austin Thabani Dube (born 16 November 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for South African club Richards Bay. He has been capped for the South African national soccer team [1]

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Club career

Dube played for Witbank Spurs F.C. before joining a Mpumalanga-based PSL team TS Galaxy F.C. Austin Dube joined a South African football team Richards Bay F.C. for 2020/21 season in the National First Division where he made 6 appearances and scored 1 goal.

On 20 July 2021, Dube signed a three-year contract with Kaizer Chiefs. [2]

International career

He made his debut for South Africa national soccer team on 6 July 2021 in a 2021 COSAFA Cup game against Botswana. [3] South Africa won the tournament.

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References

  1. "Kaizer Chiefs sign Thabani Austin Dube from Richards Bay United". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. "Kaizer Chiefs confirm contract details of newest Naturena signing!". thesouthafrican.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "South Africa v Botswana game report". ESPN. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.