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2013 MTN 8
The 2013 MTN 8 was the 39th tournament of South Africa's annual football (soccer) cup competition. It featured the top eight teams of the Premier Soccer League table at the end of the 2012-13 season. Teams The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are listed below according to their finishing position in the 2012-13 season. *Kaizer Chiefs *Platinum Stars *Orlando Pirates *Bidvest Wits *Bloemfontein Celtic *Supersport United *Free State Stars *University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ... Fixtures & Results Orlando pirates 3 kaizer chief 0 Erasmus Erasmus Erasmus Quarter finals ---- ---- ---- Semi finals 1st Leg 2nd Leg Final Statistics Top Goal Scorer External linksPremier Soccer League [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platinum Stars F
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. It has six naturally occurring isotopes. It is one of the rarer elements in Earth's crust, with an average abundance of approximately 5 μg/kg. It occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits, mostly in South Africa, which accounts for ~80% of the world production. Because of its scarcity in Earth's crust, only a few hundred tonnes are produced annually, and given its important uses, it is highly valuable and is a major precious metal commodity. Platinum is one of the least reactive metals. It has remarkable resistance to corrosion, even at high temperatures, and is therefore considered a noble metal. Consequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papy Faty
Faty Papy (18 September 1990 – 25 April 2019) was a Burundian professional association football player who last played for Malanti Chiefs in the Premier League of Eswatini. He also played with the Burundi national football team. Career Papy signed on 25 December 2008 for Trabzonspor, coming from AS Inter Star a football club based in Bujumbura. Sports magazine Goal.com suggested Papy as one of the 10 African Players to Watch in 2009. On 24 June 2009 Papy was loaned out to MVV. On 5 January 2011, Trabzonspor released the Burundian midfielder by mutual consent making him a free agent. In 2016, Papy left South African club Bidvest Wits after four years, due to heart problems. In 2018, Papy returned to football, signing for National First Division club Real Kings. In January 2019, Papy was released by Real Kings due to a re-occurrence of a heart condition. Papy later signed for Premier League of Eswatini club Malanti Chiefs, making his debut for the club on 3 February 2019 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siphiwe Tshabalala
Lawrence Siphiwe Tshabalala (; born 25 September 1984) is a South African professional football player who most recently played as a midfielder for AmaZulu. He is considered to be one of the most well-known and decorated South African soccer players of his generation. He was the first player to make his international debut while still playing in the National First Division. At 90 caps, he is the second most capped player of the South African national team and played at three African Cup of Nations editions and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, at which he scored the first goal on 11 June 2010 which was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award. Tshabalala, who was recently released by Amazulu FC, is a winger but has played other midfielder roles. Early life Tshabalala was born on 25 September 1984 in Phiri, as the first born of two children to parents Isaac Tshabalala (born 1964) and Hadifele Rebecca (née Makhubu) (1965–2010). His younger sister is named Mpumi. He grew up and lived in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tefu Mashamaite
Tefu Mashamaite (born 27 September 1984 in Bochum, Transvaal) is a South African association football player who plays as a defender. Mashamaite is known for punishing defences with his powerful headers from corners and dead ball situations and his penchant for scoring in his hometown of Polokwane. Early life Mashamaite grew up in rural Bochum about 90 km north-west of Polokwane. Mashamaite was born as his mother's only child, he only met his father when he was 10 years old. He saw him six times before he died in 2010. Mashamaite started playing soccer in 1999 for Dipitsi in Bochum and playing as a defender wearing number 5. Club career Bidvest Wits Mashamaite joined Bidvest Wits when he was on the verge of joining the South African Defence Force in 2005 after signing an apprentice contract and being promoted by then youth coach, Boebie Solomons after he had been at the development structures for two years. He did not make an appearance and was loaned to Brixton-based St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaizer Chiefs FC
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Lords" or "Chiefs" in Zulu, and the ''Phefeni Glamour Boys''. Chiefs have won 13 league titles (four in the PSL era) and over 50 club trophies. As a result, they hold the most trophies amongst all clubs in South Africa and are the most successful team in South African football history since the start of the top flight in 1970. They are the most supported club in the country, drawing an average home attendance of 16,144 in the 2019–20 season, the highest in the league. The team plays its home matches at the 94,797-capacity FNB Stadium. The team has a strong local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team that Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career. Famous players who donned the black-and-gold jersey in the past i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phokeng
Phokeng is a town in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as ''Magatostad'' among white South Africans. Etymology Phokeng gained its name from the Sesotho word for dew, ''Phoka'', hence ''Place of dew''. It is believed to have first been settled in the late 17th century. History Phokeng is one of a number of BaTswana towns in the North West Province that were founded by Sotho-Tswana people who had been displaced by years of war in the late 18th and early 19th centuries – first the Difaqane wars caused by the invasion of the Matebele, and then the wars of conquest by the Boers. Just a few years after the wars, the famous missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, visited the Bakwena of chief Mokgatle, and found that in addition to farming and raising cattle, they made ornaments out of copper that they mined and smelted themselves. The BaTswana people of the area had been living in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium
The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a football, rugby and athletics stadium in Phokeng near Rustenburg, South Africa. It was built and is managed by the Royal Bafokeng Nation. It was used as the home stadium for Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars. The Leopards rugby team host large attendance matches during the Currie Cup at the stadium, instead of their usual home ground, Olën Park. The capacity of the stadium was increased from 38,000 to 42,000 to be able to host five first round matches and one second round match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. For the 2010 tournament, the main west stand was upgraded and enlarged and given a new cantilever roof. Other improvements include the installation of new electronic scoreboards, new seats, and the upgrading of the floodlights and public address system. The stadium upgrade was completed in March 2009 for hosting 4 matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Sporting and Miscellaneous events 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katlego Mashego
Katlego "Mahoota" Mashego (born 18 May 1982 in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga) is a South African professional football (soccer) striker who most recently played for Premier Soccer League side Chippa United. He represented the South Africa national team on 22 occasions, scoring twice. Mashego started his career at Hellenic FC and Silver Stars before moving to SuperSport United in 2006, where he won the Premier Soccer League in 2008. He then moved to Orlando Pirates in January 2009 and captured his second league title in 2011. Mashego was transferred from Orlando Pirates to Golden Arrows in 2011, with the player signing a 3-year deal. He left Golden Arrows after only a single season and was signed on a free transfer by Moroka Swallows. Mashego finished the 2012-13 Premier Soccer League season as the league's top scorer with 13 goals. Mashego joined Mamelodi Sundowns in August 2013 in a deal which saw Edward Manqele Edward Manqele (born 16 June 1987) is a South African foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshepo Gumede
Tshepo Gumede (born 21 April 1991) is a South African professional footballer who plays for Marumo Gallants (formerly Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Football Club) as a defender. Club career Gumede began his youth career at Arcadia Shepherds before joining the SuperSport United academy. He spent a season on loan at Mpumalanga Black Aces but failed to make an appearance. Gumede joined Platinum Stars in July 2012. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he was nominated for the ABSA Premiership ''Young Player of the Year'' award and the Nedbank Cup ''Most Promising Player of the Tournament'' award, winning the former. On 26 July 2016 it was announced that Gumede had joined Capetonian side Cape Town City. In June 2018 Gumede left the club, with the club not renewing his contract. Gumede would go on to join AmaZulu in February 2019, this after spending a period of time on trial with the club. International career Gumede was part of the South Africa squad for the 2013 COSAFA Cup and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogakolodi Ngele
Mogakolodi Ngele (born 6 October 1990 in Gaborone) is a Botswana footballer who currently plays for South African club Chippa United and the Botswana national football team as a midfielder. He joined Bidvest Wits from Mamelodi Sundowns. He was a participant at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. In 2014, he signed a 5-year contract with Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of So ... however, he will stay with his current club until the end of the 2014–15 season. Bidvest Wits then signed him on loan again until the end of the 2016–17 season which Bidvest Wits and Ngele won the Absa Premiership title beating the likes of Cape Town, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs. After returning from his loan spell at Bidvest Wit, in his 2017–18 season he struggled t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benson Mhlongo
Benson Mhlongo (born 9 November 1980) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a defender and midfielder. He was part of the South African squad at the 2008 African Cup of Nations The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confede .... International goals External links * * 1980 births Living people People from Alexandra, Gauteng South African soccer players South Africa international soccer players Association football midfielders Association football defenders Bidvest Wits F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players Platinum Stars F.C. players Polokwane City F.C. players Association football utility players 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
