Nqobile 'Bili' Mansuet Ntuli (born 15 January 1996) is a South African

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player who plays as a forward for the

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. His brother, Siphesihle, was the assistant coach of the South African national hockey team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Career

Under–18

Ntuli made hem debut for the South Africa U–18 in 2014 at the Youth Olympic Games in

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Under–21

Ntuli made hem debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2016 at the Junior Africa Cup and Junior World Cup.

National team

Ntuli was a part of the South African squad which won the

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, which meant they qualified for the

2018 World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

. He represented South Africa at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. In October 2018 he was selected in the South Africa squad for the 2018 World Cup.

Honours

Club

* 2019 PHL Men - Player of the Tournament

National

* 2014 Africa Youth Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (U18M) - Leading Goalscorer *

2016 Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup The 2016 Junior Africa Cup for Nations was an international field hockey competition held from 18 to 28 March 2016 in Windhoek, Namibia. The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup, with the winner and runner-up ...

- Leading Goalscorer *

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- Player of the tournament

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* * * 1996 births Living people South African male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Harvestehuder THC players Expatriate field hockey players South African expatriate sportspeople in Germany Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Alumni of Kearsney College TuksHockey Club players Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African people 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub