Emmanuel Asanda "Scara" Ngobese (3 June 1980 – 11 May 2010) was a South African

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 last played as a

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for

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 "Ch ...

in the

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. He was born in

Katlehong Katlehong is a large township in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is 28 km south-east of Johannesburg and south of Germiston between two other townships of Thokoza and Vosloorus next to the N3 highway. It forms part of the City of E ...

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and died in

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. Ngobese was affectionately known to his supporters as "Scara" or "The Black Jesus" . He was managed by Edgar O.

Career

He started off at Kaizer Chiefs' development team (1994-1998), and then played for United FC,

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 ...

Kaizer Chiefs 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 "Chie ...

, Zulu Royals,

Tembisa Classic Maritzburg United is a South African football club based in the city of Pietermaritzburg that currently plays in the Premier Soccer League. Honours *First Division Coastal Stream champions: 2007–08 *First Division Championship Play-offs: 2 ...

, Hellenic and

Moroka Swallows Moroka Swallows Football Club (often known as simply Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two ...

during his career. It was at

where he was at his prime from 2003 - 2005. Their last league game in the 2004/2005 PSL season where they lifted the league cup will always be remembered as his last best game of his whole career. His career took a downfall when the late

Ted Dumitru Theodore "Ted" Dumitru (born Dumitru Teodorescu; 2 September 1939 – 26 May 2016) was a Romanian football manager who is best known for his time in South Africa. Dumitru was one of few coaches who have led South Africa's 'big three' clubs ...

left the team after he had been his coach and winning the Premier league twice accompanied by a few domestic trophies with him in the past 2 years. After Dumitru's departure, Chiefs hired the German coach

Ernst Middendorp Ernst Middendorp (born 28 October 1958) is a German association football coach who coaches South African Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United. Education Middendorp was born in Freren. In 1984, he enrolled in the University of Bielefel ...

who sidelined Ngobese for the whole season, alleging he was confusing professional soccer for street football. By the time

left the team at the end of the season, Ngobese was completely out of form. The German international relieved Ngobese of his contract duties and was signed by

where he never played any significant games, and it is here that he was diagnosed with

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and was forced to hang his boots until he met his demise a few years later.

Death

Ngobese died on 11 May 2010 of HIV related illnesses, after having suffered from the disease since 2008. This was exactly a month before the start of the historical

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n version of the

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on June 11 of

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. An event he would've partaken in if it weren't for his sudden ailment, forced retirement and untimely death.

Pop culture

South African rapper

Kwesta Senzo Brikka Vilakazi (born 11 August 1988) known professionally as Kwesta, is a South African people, South African rapper and songwriter. Born in Katlehong, Gauteng, a township also known as "K1". In 2003, at the age of 15, he and his friend ...

paid homage to Scara by appearing on his "

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" music video wearing a shirt with Ngobese's name and his

jersey number (11) printed on it. The music video premiered on

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on 30 December 2017 and features American recording artist, Wale. DJ Fanatic, Reason and Kwesta made a song called "Number 11" (which is the kit number he used for most of his soccer career) to pay homage to the dribbling wizard.

References

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