Vincent Dumisani Ngobe (born 5 March 1973) is a South African former professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He played 32 times for the South Africa national team and works currently as head of development for

Mpumalanga Black Aces Black Aces were a South African football club that played in the Premier Soccer League. Aces usually played their home games in the Mpumalanga province but were based and trained in Johannesburg. History The original club was founded in 1937 by ...

International career

Ngobe earned 32 caps and scored 2 goals for

South Africa national football team The South Africa national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international Association football, soccer and it is run by the South African Football Association, the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. The team's nickname is Baf ...

, being selected for

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 and 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia, as with the previ ...

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 ...

and

2000 Africa Cup of Nations The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as ho ...

and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, the latter as an overaged player.

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* 1973 births Living people People from Witbank Soccer players from Mpumalanga South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players South African expatriate men's soccer players Maritzburg United F.C. players Moroka Swallows F.C. players Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia MKE Ankaragücü footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey South African expatriate sportspeople in Turkey South African expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Süper Lig players Men's association football midfielders {{SouthAfrica-footy-midfielder-stub