Gerald Sibeko (born 6 July 1979, in

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) is a former

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player who played as a

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Early career

Sibeko started playing soccer at Meadowlands Professionals wearing no.6. He played as defender or

. His first boots were Puma SE Rangers.

Club career

Sibeko is a product of the School of Excellence and the Kaizer Chiefs Academy. He made his debut against Tembisa Classic on 15 October 2000 and scored his first goal the on 31 May 2001 against

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. He spent his entire career at

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in the

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International career

Sibeko had not played for any junior national team or senior national team but got a call-up in 2008 under

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prior to the

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. "If Sibeko is in form, why shouldn’t we call him up even though he has never played for Bafana before? We selected him on the good form that he has been showing at Chiefs. His age doesn’t matter, but what counts is how well he is playing at his club. "His club mate

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has also been playing very well at Chiefs, but we couldn’t call both of them because they possess a bit of similar qualities. People have to understand that there are many players worthy of playing for Bafana but at the moment we believe in the ones that we have called up," said

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Style of play

Sibeko was master of short passing and was also deadly on set pieces

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sibeko, Gerald 1979 births Men's association football midfielders Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Living people South African soccer players Soccer players from Soweto

Early career

Club career

International career

Style of play

See also

References