Mbhazima Tshepo Rikhotso (born 26 February 1993) is a South African professional

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player who plays as a

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for

South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional football/soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organized sinc ...

side Sekhukhune United.

Personal life

He is nicknamed 'the Giraffe'.

Club career

Born in Ndengeza, Rikhotso played for

Vasco De Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

and

Roses United Roses United is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, Free State province that plays in the National First Division. The club was founded in 2009, where they acquired the Castle League franchise of the nearby Bloemfontein club M ...

before joining

Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African amateur football club based in Bloemfontein that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of the South African football league system. Bloemfontein Celtic has ...

in early 2015. The club's licence was taken over by Royal AM. In the summer of 2023 he moved on to Sekhukhune United.

International career

Having also played for South Africa at under-23 level, Rikhotso was part of the

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

squad for

2016 COSAFA Cup The 2016 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup Namibia 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Af ...

, and appeared in a 1–1 draw with

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

on 18 June 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rikhotso, Tshepo 1993 births Living people South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players Men's association football defenders Vasco da Gama (South Africa) players Roses United F.C. players Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Royal AM F.C. players Sekhukhune United F.C. players National First Division players South African Premier Division players