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PSL Awards
The PSL awards is an awards evening held to honour South African football players, coaches and officials. It is conferred by the National Soccer League. The PSL awards are given to people pertaining to the Premier Soccer League and National First Division The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club association football, football after the South African Premier Division. Both t .... Premier Soccer League Footballer of the Year The PSL Footballer of the Year awarded was inaugurated in 2008. 2019 winner was Thembinkosi Lorch Chairman's Award SuperSport United – R100 00 Referee of the season Assistant Referee of the season Player of the season Players' Player of the Season Goalkeeper of the season Coach of the season Young Player Goal of the season Top Goalscorer Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament MTN8 Player of the Tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Soccer League
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of government, but is not the head of state. In presidential systems, the two roles are often combined into one, whereas in parliamentary systems of government the two are usually kept separate. Relationship to the term "prime minister" "Premier" is often the title of the heads of government in sub-national entities, such as the provinces and territories of Canada, states of the Commonwealth of Australia, provinces of South Africa, the island of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the nation of Niue. In some of these cases, the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national leader. In these cases, care should be taken not to confuse the title of "premier" with "prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musa Otieno
Musa Otieno (born 29 December 1973 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan former footballer. Career Club Otieno has enjoyed an illustrious career on his native continent, playing for AFC Leopards and Tusker FC in Kenya, and from 1997 until 2011 for Santos in the South African Premier Soccer League. He helped them win the PSL title in 2001-02, the Bob Save Super Bowl in 2001, the BP Top 8in 2002, and the ABSA Cup in 2003. Otieno first came to the United States in 2008, playing a season on loan with the Cleveland City Stars in the USL Second Division. He made his debut for the Stars on 4 July 2008, as a 64th-minute substitute for Mark Schulte, and went on to make seven appearances, scoring one goal, and helping them to the USL2 title. On 15 December 2008, following the conclusion Santos' domestic season, Otieno returned to the Cleveland City Stars to play in their debut season in the USL First Division in 2009. Otieno retired in 2011 having made over 300 appearances and scoring more than 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebohang Maboe
Lebohang Kgosana Maboe (born 17 September 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for South African Premier Division club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African national team. He is the son of former Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates player Sidwell Maboe. Club career Early career The son of former professional footballer, Sidwell, Maboe began playing football in his home town of Heidelberg where he played with amateur side Ratanda Real Hearts. During his time with Hearts, he was promoted to the club's under-17 side at the age of 14 where his performances at age-group level earned him the opportunity to later join the Kaizer Chiefs academy. Mbombela United In 2015, Maboe signed for National First Division side Mbombela United where he spent a solitary season. He recorded a return of 3 goals in 27 league appearances to help the club reach the PSL play-offs where they were defeated by Highlands Park. Maboe would ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siphesihle Ndlovu
Siphesihle Ndlovu (born 30 September 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Premier Soccer League side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team. An academy graduate of Maritzburg United, he made his professional debut in 2016 and went on to make over 80 appearances for the club. During the 2017–18 season, he helped the club to record-high fourth-place finish in the league and was rewarded for his form with the Young Player of the Season award. At the end of the following season, he joined Orlando Pirates. He is a fan favorite in Pietermaritzburg and his nickname is Mbesuma. Ndlovu is also a full international since March 2018 and has represented South Africa at a COSAFA Cup. Club career Maritzburg United Having previously been a ball-boy for the club, Ndlovu joined the youth academy of Maritzburg United from the now defunct Umgungundlovu Academy of Sport in Pietermaritzburg. He excelled during his time in the club's aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surprise Moriri
Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri (born 20 March 1980 in Matibidi, Mpumalanga) is a South African former professional footballer who used to play as a midfielder or striker. He has also represented South Africa internationally and has amassed 34 caps since his debut in 2003. Club career Moriri is a free-scoring midfielder who was chosen as South Africa's PSL Player of the Season in 2005–06. He usually plays as a second striker or behind the striker as a supporting striker. He can also be deployed on the right side of midfield. He scored 12 goals in all competitions (11 in the league) to be Sundowns' top scorer and help the 'Brazilians' to their first league title since 2000. In the 2006–07 season he eclipsed that amount, with again 11 league goals and three in the CAF Champions League. The 2007–08 season saw him less prolific in the league only managing three league goals but in the process scoring two Nedbank Cup goals, one MTN 8 goal, one Tekom Knockout goal and four CAF C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Sapula
Godfrey Zolile Sapula (born 17 November 1973) is a former South African soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played for Premier Soccer League clubs Jomo Cosmos, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns and Platinum Stars, Chilean club Colo-Colo, Turkish club Ankaragücü and the South African national team. Honours Club ;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile: 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapula, Godfrey 1973 births Living people Soccer players from Soweto South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players South African expatriate men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders MKE Ankaragücü footballers Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Colo-Colo footballers Orlando Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daine Klate
Daine Klate (born 25 January 1985) is a retired South African football midfielder born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Football coach- Chippa United Early life Klate was raised in Gelvandale, a former coloured township in Port Elizabeth. He started playing football for his primary school in Gelvandale at the age of eight and continued with the sport in high school. Club career Like fellow South African international Elrio Van Heerden, Klate played for the Port Elizabeth-based amateur football club Glenville Celtic as a kid. At age 15, he moved to Gauteng to play for the Transnet School of Excellence. In 2002, he joined the Supersport United Feyenoord youth academy. After being promoted to the club's first team as a 19-year-old in 2004, Klate owned the left-wing position at Supersport and made over 100 league appearances for the club. He was one of the key players of United's back-to-back Premiership wins in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010, he signed with the Orlando Pirates. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Xulu
Cedric "Sugar Ray" Xulu (13 December 1939 – 4 May 2020) was a South African footballer. Career Xulu was a footballer whose career in the 1960s led him to play for local side AmaZulu and Mbabane Swallows in Swaziland. In 1972, he played for Zulu Royals (now AmaZulu), who won the NPSL that season. He played for the SA Black XI in the 1970s, which he captained. He received the Chairman's Award at the 2019 PSL Awards. The stadium Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated i ... in the City of Durban is named after him. References 1939 births 2020 deaths South African men's soccer players AmaZulu F.C. players Mbabane Swallows F.C. players South African expatriate men's soccer players South African expatriates in Eswatini Expatriate men's soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themba Zwane
Themba Zwane (born 3 August 1989) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa. Honours At Mamelodi Sundowns Domestic *South African Premier Division: (7) 2013-14; 2015-16; 2017-18; 2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21; 2021-22 *Telkom Knockout:(2) 2015; 2019 *Nedbank Cup (3): 2014-15; 2019-20; 2021-22 * MTN 8: 2021 Continental *CAF Champions League : ''2016'' * CAF Super Cup : ''2017'' Friendly honours *Carling Black Label Cup: **Winner: 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ... Individual honours *2019-20 PSL Footballer Of the Season *2019-20 PSL Player's Player of the season *2019-20 PSL Midfielder of the Season *2019-20 Sundowns Player of the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National First Division
The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club association football, football after the South African Premier Division. Both the NFD and South African Premier Division are organised by the Premier Soccer League. Structure and rules Seasons 2007–2011 The restructured NFD was divided into two streams, one inland and another coastal – each of which consisted of 8 teams. The winners of the two streams played against each other in a 'final' at the end of the season – the winner of which was promoted to the PSL. The loser of the 'final' played in a mini-tournament/play-offs against the two second-placed teams in each stream and the 15th-placed team on the PSL log. The winner of this tournament was also be automatically promoted to the top flight. Inland provinces * Gauteng * Limpopo * Free State * Mpumalanga * North West Coastal provinces * Eastern Cape * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thembinkosi Lorch
Thembinkosi Lorch (born 22 July 1993) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Orlando Pirates and the South African national team. He was named the South African Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season in 2019.' Career Thembinkosi Lorch nicknamed "Nyoso" started his career at Maluti FET College FC and after a game against Jomo Cosmos, got a call from Screamer Tshabalala who told him that Pirates was interested in him. His first PSL game was against Free State Stars, playing for Chippa United on loan from Orlando Pirates. DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small's 2019 song, titled ''Lorch'', was inspired by and named after him. Personal life In the early morning of 7 September 2020, Lorch was arrested for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend, Nokuphiwa Mathithibala. This came after she had opened up a case of assault against him at Midrand Police station indicating that Lorch had strangled her after she had asked about hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Tau
Percy Muzi Tau (born 13 May 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC as a forward and the South African national team. Tau began his footballing career with Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns where he made 100 appearances either side of a loan to Witbank Spurs. During his time with Sundowns, he won the league title twice and the CAF Champions League once and was named Footballer of the Year and joint- top-goalscorer in his final season with the club. He joined Brighton in 2018 but, due to work-permit complications, was loaned out to Belgian side Union SG with whom he won the Proximus League Player of the Season award. His form earned him a short-term move to Club Brugge, where he won a league winners' medal the following season, before being loaned out for a third consecutive season when he signed for rivals Anderlecht in 2020. Tau signed for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly SC in 2021 on a tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
