Lehlohonolo Moses Maliehe (born 3 February 1966) is a South African former professional

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player who was most recently manager of

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 ...

Playing career

Maliehe was born in

Klerksdorp Klerksdorp () is located in the North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp, the largest city in the North West Province, is located southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital. Klerksdorp was also the first capital of the then Transvaal Repu ...

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Basotho The Sotho () people, also known as the Basuto or Basotho (), are a Bantu nation native to southern Africa. They split into different ethnic groups over time, due to regional conflicts and colonialism, which resulted in the modern Basotho, who ...

parents from

Teyateyaneng Teyateyaneng is a town located in the district of Berea in Lesotho. Usually abbreviated to T.Y., Teyateyaneng takes its name from the two twin rivers which run on the north (Tebe-tebe River) and the South (Teja-tejana River). Both rivers lead to ...

. Maliehe played youth football in South Africa for Klerksdorp City and ICL Birds, the latter being alongside

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 ...

. In 1987, Maliehe moved to Lesotho, signing for Lioli and then Matlama, before returning to South Africa to sign for Vaal Reef Stars. Maliehe re-signed for Lioli upon his return to Lesotho, staying with the club until retirement.

Managerial career

After a period of coaching numerous clubs in Lesotho, Maliehe was appointed Lesotho U20 manager in 2008. In July 2015, Maliehe was named manager of former club Matlama. On 24 November 2016, Maliehe was appointed manager of

after being interim manager of the country since November 2015. In 2019, Maliehe was replaced by

Thabo Senong Thabo Senong is a South African football manager. In August 2019, he was appointed as manager of the Lesotho national football team. Prior to his appointment, Senong was coach of the South Africa national U-20 team, known as the Amajitas. He ...

as Lesotho manager due to ill health.

Honours

Lioli * Lesotho Cup: 2007

References

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