Thabo Bennett Mnguni (born 18 March 1974) is a former

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n international

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who played as a

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Career

Mnguni started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns, before joining Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on a two-and-three-quarter-year contract February 2002. Mnguni left Lokomotiv after a year and joined fellow Russian side Rostov before moving to Tianjin Teda in China in 2005. Mnguni returned to South Africa in 2006 with Mamelodi Sundowns, moving to

AmaZulu Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal ...

for the first half of 2007 and

Thanda Royal Zulu Thanda Royal Zulu was a South African football club based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. History The club started after a Swedish consortium that included Sven-Goran Eriksson bought the franchise from Benoni Premier United at the end of the 2006 ...

for the 2007–08 season. Mnguni once again moved abroad in 2008, signing for

Okktha United Hantharwady United Football Club ( my, ဟံသာဝတီ ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံး အသင်း) is a professional football club, based in Bago, Myanmar, and represents the Bago Region. The club was a founding mem ...

in Myanmar.MNL Grand Royal 2009 ကစားသမားမ်ားႏွင့္ နည္းျပမ်ား စာခ်ဳပ္ ခ်ဳပ္ဆိုမႈစာရင္း

International career

Mnguni represented

twelve times between 2001 and 2004, most notably at the

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, and

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

African Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

International

References

1974 births Living people South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Rostov players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Expatriate men's footballers in Myanmar Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Pretoria Expatriate men's footballers in China Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. players South African expatriate men's soccer players Russian Premier League players {{SouthAfrica-footy-bio-stub