Kaizer Motaung Junior (born 8 August 1981) is a South African former professional

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who played as a

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. Kaizer Jr is currently a sporting director for

Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 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 ...

He is the son of South African soccer legend and Kaizer Chiefs founder

Kaizer Motaung Kaizer Motaung Snr OIS (born 16 October 1944) is a former South African association football player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, of which he is chairman and managing director. He was nicknamed "Chincha Guluva". Early life Born in the Or ...

Early life

Motaung was born to Kaizer and Julegka Motaung in Johannesburg, Gauteng and is one of four children. Motaung attended

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in Johannesburg and

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in north-west London whose alumni include

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and James Blunt. He was an excellent cricketer. In 2000, he opened batting with Middlesex and England player

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163rd clash at

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since 1805. In that match, he got a century but the match was called off due to rain. He also played against Graeme Smith who was at

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. He was once told by Ali Bacher to play cricket. Former international referee

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was his housemaster at Harrow.

Career

Youth

Motaung played for Wits University and

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 ...

youth academies in South Africa and Chelsea and

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juniors in England and Germany. In his time in the Chelsea youth academy in the late 90s and early 2000s he was in the same team with

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, John Terry and

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Senior

Motaung was promoted to the TSV 1860 Munich reserve team and scored 1 goal in 4 matches in his debut season in the 2001–02 Oberliga Bayern season and then 3 goals in 19 matches in the 2002–03 season totaling 4 goals in 22 matches which all were diving headers. He signed with his father's club in July 2003. He made his debut on 17 December 2003 in a 4–0 win over

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under Ted Dumitru. He scored his first goal on 9 June 2004 against Wits University. In the 2006–07 season he was the team's top goalscorer (12 goals) and Player of the Season.

Personal life

He married his girlfriend of nine years, Katherine Heider in Munich in 2012, whom he was secretly engaged with for two years. His best man was former teammate at

and current team manager,

Gerald Sibeko Gerald Sibeko (born 6 July 1979, in Soweto, Gauteng) is a former South African football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder. Early career Sibeko started playing soccer at Meadowlands Professionals wearing no.6. He played as defender or ...

. Heider gave birth to Tyler Rhys in 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Motaung, Kaizer, Jr. 1981 births Living people People educated at Harrow School South African soccer players TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Association football forwards Soccer players from Johannesburg