Sibongiseni Mthethwa
Personal information | |||
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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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023[11]
References
- ^ a b Sibongiseni Mthethwa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Sibongiseni Mthethwa at Soccerway
- ^ Lethoba, Thomas (4 February 2022). "Stellies confirm signing up Mthethwa". Sunday World. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Stellenbosch FC midfielder Sibongiseni 'Ox' Mthethwa backed for Bafana Bafana call-up". Kickoff. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Munyai, Ofhani (19 September 2022). "Why 'fighter' Ox Mthethwa deserves the Bafana call-up". FAR Post. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Kganyago, Lethabo (21 September 2022). "New Bafana Midfielder Hailed A 'Winner'". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Matakanye, Robert (17 March 2023). "Amazulu join Kaizer Chiefs in race for Sibongiseni Mthethwa". This is Football. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "CHIEFS SIGN MTHETHWA FROM STELLENBOSCH". www.kaizerchiefs.com. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Ndebele, Sihle (6 June 2023). "How Stellies' 'Ox' is ploughing back to his community". The Sowetan. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ 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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