Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lawley Thembinkosi Fanteni | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Paarl, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Mountain Stars | |||
Royal Kings | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Mother City F.C. | 82 | (75) |
2005–2008 | Ajax Cape Town | 67 | (27) |
2008–2009 | Maccabi Haifa | 44 | (17) |
2009–2010 | →Orlando Pirates (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Ajax Cape Town | 45 | (15) |
2012–2013 | Bidvest Wits | 5 | (1) |
2015– | Steenberg United | ||
International career‡ | |||
2007–2011 | South Africa | 23 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2013 |
Thembinkosi "Terror" Fanteni (born 2 February 1984) is a South African football striker.
He was part of the South African squad at the 2008 African Nations Cup and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2008-06-07 | Atteridgeville, South Africa | Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 4–1 | WCQ |
2 | 2009-06-06 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Poland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly match |
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