Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional

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club based in Naturena,

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, that plays in the

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. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Lords" or "Chiefs" in Zulu, and the ''Phefeni Glamour Boys''. Chiefs have won 13 league titles (four in the PSL era) and over 50 club trophies. As a result, they hold the most trophies amongst all clubs in South Africa and are the most successful team in South African football history since the start of the top flight in 1970. They are the most supported club in the country, drawing an average home attendance of 16,144 in the 2019–20 season, the highest in the league. The team plays its home matches at the 94,797-capacity

FNB Stadium First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium ( af, ENB-stadion), also known as Soccer City ( af, Sokkerstad) and The Calabash, is an association football (soccer) and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johan ...

. The team has a strong local rivalry with

Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DStv ...

, a fellow Soweto team that Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career. Famous players who donned the black-and-gold jersey in the past include former national team captains

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and

Lucas Radebe Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe OIS (born 12 April 1969) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began playing in South Africa with Kaizer Chiefs, before transferring to Leeds United, where he played 256 m ...

as well as

Patrick Ntsoelengoe Patrick Pule "Ace" Ntsoelengoe OIS (26 February 1952 – 8 May 2006) was a South African soccer player who is widely considered as one of the greatest the country has ever produced. Early life Ntsoelengoe was born to Daniel Ndimande and Marg ...

Gary Bailey Gary Richard Bailey (born 9 August 1958) is a former footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Manchester United. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, he grew up in South Africa, but went on to be capped ...

, John "Shoes" Moshoeu,

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, Steve Komphela,

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, and

Doctor Khumalo Theophilus "Doctor" Doctorson Khumalo (born 26 June 1967), also known as Doctor Khumalo, is a South African former soccer player. He is best known for being a star midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs as well as the South African national team. Care ...

. The Kaizer Chiefs were banned by the African Football (CAF) from competing in African club competitions until 2009 after their abrupt withdrawal from the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup. This was the second time in four years that Chiefs had been penalized by CAF for refusal to participate in a

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. It is the most supported team in

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. Kaizer Chiefs had a support base of over 16,000,000 at the turn of the century. Today, it is estimated at approximately 40,000,000 fans across Southern Africa, the majority of the fanbase in South Africa and neighbouring countries. In January 2020, Kaizer Chiefs celebrated their 50th anniversary.

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, the British

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band, was named after the club because

, a former player of Kaizer Chiefs, captained

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, the team that the band members all supported.

History

Kaizer Chiefs were founded in January 1970 shortly after the return of Kaizer "Chincha Guluva" Motaung from the

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where he played as a striker for the Atlanta Chiefs of the

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(NASL). He combined his own first name with the Atlanta Chiefs to create the name of Kaizer Chiefs. Several other people have played key roles in the formation and growth of Kaizer Chiefs, including the late Gilbert Sekgabi, Clarence Mlokoti, China Ngema, Ewert "The Lip" Nene, and Rabelani Jan Mofokeng, he trailed and quit because of work. Kaizer Chiefs are known as ''"Amakhosi"'' by its fans, a Zulu word meaning "kings" or "chiefs". Their headquarters is ''Kaizer Chiefs Village'', in Naturena, six kilometres south of Johannesburg. The 2001–02 season was one of the Club's most successful in their history as well as their most tragic. They won four major trophies in four months; the

Vodacom Challenge The Vodacom Challenge was an association football pre-season tournament that featured Vodacom-sponsored South African clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs plus from 2006 onwards an invited European club. Prior to 2006, the competition consisted ...

, the BP Top Eight, the Coca-Cola Cup, and the

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

. At the time the team was said to have been a team that was on ''"Operation vat alles"'' by its then public relations officer Putco Mafani, ''"vat alles"'' being an

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statement meaning ''"take everything"'' in English. However, the highs of cup wins was contrasted by the lows of the Ellis Park Stadium disaster on 11 April 2001, in which 43 fans were crushed to death during the

Soweto Derby The Soweto Derby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa. It was first contested on 24 January 1970. Matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. The rivalry is recogn ...

between Chiefs and their arch-rivals

. By winning the African Cup Winners' Cup, Chiefs played the 2001 CAF Champions League winners

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in the

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. In April 2002, Kaizer Chiefs' achievements during 2001 were recognized as they were chosen as the "CAF Club of the Year" by the

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. In the 2003–04 season Chiefs were given the Fair Play Award at the

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. Chiefs ended the season as league champions, winning the PSL for the first time in their history. During the championship race of the 2004–05 soccer season, Chiefs overtook the season-long leaders (Orlando Pirates) in the last game of the season to defend its PSL championship. Under the leadership of

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n coach

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n striker

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had a record-breaking season scoring 39 goals in all competitions. Kaizer Chiefs' forays into Africa were temporarily scuttled by a Confederation of African Football (CAF) ban. However, it still made its presence felt through the annual

that pit Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates with an invited European club. Chiefs have won the Vodacom Challenge Cup 5 times since its inception. They beat a young

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side 4–3 on penalties in the 2006 Challenge to win the trophy. In March 2007, coach Ernst Middendorp and the club parted company. The club instantly appointed their rival Orlando Pirates' former coach

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for the remainder of the 2006–07 season.

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returned for the 2007–08 season to begin his second stint with Chiefs, having already coached ''The Glamour Boys'' from 1999 until 2003. On 26 June 2021, the team secured their first

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final appearance after defeating

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by a 1–0 aggregate. On 9 July 2021, Kaizer Chiefs confirmed through Twitter that they signed six players for next season after their transfer ban ended. On 17 July 2021, they lost 3–0 against

in the

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Stadium

Amakhosi Stadium

During the past years, the ''Amakhosi'' have used no less than nine stadiums in

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as their home ground, and often rotated between several stadiums during the season. In August 2006, the club made a strategic decision to sign a "mutual interest agreement" with a stadium developer and the local municipality regarding the construction of a new permanent home venue for Kaizer Chiefs, at a total planned cost of R1.2 billion (£105m), which was to be partly owned by the club. This future home venue was named Amakhosi Stadium, and will be situated in

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, roughly 40 km west of

. Initially it was planned to open in December 2008, but according to the latest revised construction plan, it is now expected only to be finalised by August 2012. The planned stadium was redesigned into a cheaper project, with a new price tag at R700 million, and the capacity being reduced from 55,000 to 35,000 seats. As part of the new revised construction plan for the stadium, it was announced by Kaizer Chiefs, that they no longer plan to be one of the owners of the stadium, but remain ready to support the stadium as a long time committed tenant. The new stadium was initially planned to be part of a greater sports precinct, into which the club would also move its entire ''"Kaizer Chiefs Youth Development Programme"''. The

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have agreed to develop the needed

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around the stadium, in order to guarantee sufficient road and railway access for the huge crowd of spectators. The stadium developers initially had set time lines for the Amakhosi stadium, to open its doors for the public in December 2008. As of July 2010, construction however had not yet started. Kaizer Chiefs announced in August 2010, that construction of Amakhosi Stadium was now expected only to start in autumn 2010, and finalised by August 2012. It had been postponed several years, due to Kaizer Chiefs and its joint partners, facing difficulties to finance the construction. For the football seasons in 2010–12, the team instead planned to use

Rand Stadium The Rand Stadium is a stadium in Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being completely rebuilt and reopened in August 2008. D ...

as their home venue. Kaizer Chiefs however only played four of their 15 home games at Rand Stadium in 2010–11, due to some experienced capacity problems, with the transportation related infrastructures around the stadium -and a low spectator attendance. Instead the team during this season, played most of their home games, at the big FNB Stadium -Soccer City.

FNB Stadium/Soccer City

FNB Stadium is a stadium located in

, with a capacity of 94,736 seats. It is located next to the

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headquarters (''SAFA House''), where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is housed.

The Soweto Derby

The

between Kaizer Chiefs and

is one of the most fiercely contested matches in world football, and in contrast to most other games in the South African

, always attracts a large fanbase.

Honours

League (13)

*Champions (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2012–13, 2014–15 *Runners-up (5): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2013–14, 2019–20

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ...

*Champions (4) - record:

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br>1996
National Professional Soccer League *Champions (5) - record:

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984

Cups (41)

Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's Premier Soccer League, premier club association football, soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of givi ...

(SAFA Cup) *Champions (13) - record: 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 2000, 2006, 2012–13

Telkom Knockout The Telkom Knockout was a South African professional football knockout competition which comprised the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League. The competition was established in 1982 and was first known as the Datsun Challenge. Under ...

(League Cup) *Champions (13) - record: 1983,1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009,

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MTN 8 MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the DStv Premiership) season. T ...

(Top 8 Tournament) *Champions (15) - record: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2006,

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International

*Runners-up:

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*Winners:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

*Runners-up:

Individual Awards *''African Club of the Year 2001''

Friendly

*Winners (5) - record: 2000, 2001, 2003,

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Telkom Charity Cup The Telkom Charity Cup was a South African football (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 r ...

*Winners (11) - record: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003,

Carling Black Label Cup The Carling Black Label Cup is a one-day four-team football tournament in South Africa. Prior to 2022, the Carling Black Label Cup has been a one-day pre-season match between Soweto rivals, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The teams to compete a ...

*Winners(4):

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*Runners-up(5):

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Sales House Champ of Champs *Winners: 1984 Ohlsson's Challenge Cup *Winners: 1987, 1989 Castle Challenge Cup *Winners: 1990, 1991 Stylo Cup *Winners: 1970 UCT Super Team Competition *Winners: 1972 Shell Helix Ultra Cup *Winners: 2019

Performance in CAF Competitions

Kaizer Chiefs qualified to play for the

1997 African Cup Winners' Cup The 1997 African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Étoile Sportive du Sahel in two-legged final victory against FAR Rabat. This was the twenty-third season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's ...

but withdrew from the competition. The team made their first CAF Cup appearance in the year 2000 and only made it to the round of 16. They had the same result in the

2005 CAF Champions League The 2005 CAF Champions League was the 41st edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary r ...

and 2014 CAF Champions League. In the

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edition of the CAF Confederations Cup, Kaizer Chiefs reached the playoff round of 30 in which they were eliminated. Kaizer Chiefs are the runner-ups of the 2020-21 CAF Champions League and the 2002 CAF Super Cup after being crowned the Champions of the 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup. Kaizer Chiefs' appearances in African competitions *

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= 5 appearance(s) *

CAF Confederations Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

= 2 appearance(s) *

= 1appearance(s) *

= 3 appearance(s) *

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= 1 appearance(s)

Club records

*Most appearances –

497 *Most goals –

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85 *Most capped player –

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91 *Most appearances in a season –

52 (1992) *Most goals in a season (all competitions) –

– 35 2004/05 (Previous record Fani Madida 34 in 1991) *Record win – 9-1 vs

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(Coca-Cola Challenge – 23 March 1996) *Record loss – 1-5 vs

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(League – 8/6/86),

(League – 3/11/90)

Premier League era

Personnel

Club officials

Senior team staff

Current players

Out on loan

Notable former players

''For all Kaizer Chiefs players with a Wikipedia article see ''

Coaches

* Thomas Johnson (1971) * Thomas Johnson and Kaizer Motaung (1972) * Kaizer Motaung (1973–74) *

Eliakim Khumalo Elkiam Khumalo (1940 – 27 August 1996) was a South African football midfielder who played for Moroka Swallows and Kaizer Chiefs. He was shot during a hijacking in 1996. He is the father of Doctor Khumalo. Club career Khumalo played for Mo ...

(1974) *

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(1974–76) *

(1976) * Thomas Johnson (1976) *

(1976) *

(1976) * Kaizer Motaung (1977–78) *

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(1979–80) *

(1980) * Chris Ngcobo (1981) *

(1981) * Joseph Setlhodi (1982) *

(1983) *

and Jackie Masike (1983) *

Orlando Casares Orlando Casares was an Argentinean retired football coach who is last known to have managed Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. Orlando also managed the Nicaragua National team in 1980 - 1981. He is the father of Matias Casares, the president of the ...

(1983) *

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(1984–85) * Shaka Ngcobo (1985) *

(1985) *

(1985–88) * Jack Chamangwana (1988) *

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(1988–89) * Jack Chamangwana (1989) *

Augusto Palacios Augusto Palacios (born 23 December 1951) is a Peruvian football coach and a former football player. He's been recently coaching South African club Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League. During his years as a professional footballer he p ...

(1990) *

(1991) * Nelson ''"Teenage"'' Dladla (1991) *

Wiseman Mbale Wiseman may refer to: Places * Wiseman, Alaska, a US town * Wiseman, Arkansas, a US town In fiction * Black Moon Clan#Death Phantom, Wiseman, an antagonist of the second story arc in ''Sailor Moon'' * List of Kamen Rider Wizard characters#Wisem ...

(1992) *

Sergio dos Santos Sergio dos Santos (born 1950) is a retired South African footballer who played as a midfielder for Hellenic, Cape Town Spurs and Kaizer Chiefs. He also managed Kaizer Chiefs for a spell in the mid-1990s. Early life He was born to Portuguese ...

(1993) * N. ''"Teenage"'' Dladla and Ryder Mofokeng (1993) * Geoff Hudson (1993) *

Philippe Troussier Philippe Omar TroussierOctober's ten - Religious conversions

(1994) *

Trott Moloto Trott Nchilo Moloto (born 19 July 1956 in Pietersburg) is a South African Association football coach. Coaching career Among others, he previously coached South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns, Maritzburg United and also had a stint at Tanzanian clu ...

(1994) *

(1995) *

(1995–96) *

Walter da Silva Walter Cesar Nogueira da Silva (12 January 1942 – 21 May 2009) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. Active primarily in South Africa – scoring a total of 162 goals for Highlands Park, Powerlines, Hellenic and Be ...

(1996) * Wellington Manyathi (1997) *

Paul Dolezar Pavle Dolezar also known as Paul Dolezar and Paja Dolezar (, born 1 May 1944) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was born in Yugoslavia and raised in France. Born in Bačka Palanka,"Asovi Yu Fudbala", page 23 SR Serbia, back t ...

(1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999) * Jacob Sephoa (1999) *

Muhsin Ertugral Muhsin (also spelled Mohsen, Mohsin, Mehsin, or Muhsen, ar, محسن) is a masculine Arabic given name. The first person known to have the name "Muhsin" was Muhsin bin Ali, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad. Islamic term ...

(14 July 1999–02) * Doctor ''"16V"'' Khumalo and

Ace Khuse Donald Themba "Ace" Khuse (born 8 September 1963 in Johannesburg) is a retired South African association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who ...

(2002–03) *

(12 June 2003 – 30 June 2005) *

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 ...

(1 July 2005 – 5 March 2007) *

(7 March 2007 – 4 June 2007) *

(1 July 2007 – 8 May 2009) *

Vladimir Vermezović Vladimir Vermezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. Playing career Vermezović started playing ...

(18 May 2009 – 12 April 2012) *

''(interim)'' (12 April 2012 – 30 June 2012) *

Stuart Baxter Stuart William Baxter (born 16 August 1953) is a British football manager and former player who most recently managed South African Premier Soccer League side Kaizer Chiefs. Born in England of Scottish parentage, and brought up in both countr ...

(1 July 2012 – June 2015) * Steve Komphela (17 June 2015 – 21 April 2018) *

Giovanni Solinas Giovanni Solinas, also known as Gianni Solinas, is an Italian football manager. He has managed teams in Algeria, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Najma. Managerial career Solinas obtained his coa ...

(12 July 2018 -7 December 2018) *

(7 December 2018 – 9 September 2020) *

Gavin Hunt Gavin Hunt (born 11 July 1964) is a South African former football (soccer) player and coach who currently manages Supersport United. He previously managed South African Premier Division, Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs. On 28 May 2021 ...

(17 September 2020 – 28 May 2021) *

(7 June 2021 – 21 April 2022) *

Arthur Zwane Arthur Jabulani Zwane (born 20 September 1973) is a South African football coach and former player, most notably for Kaizer Chiefs. He is currently a head coach for Kaizer Chiefs. Early career Zwane grew up playing for his uncle's team, Liv ...

(26 May 2022 - Present)

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