Pitso John Hamilton Mosimane (born 26 July 1964) is a South African professional football manager and a former player. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli Jeddah. He is considered as one of the greatest coaches in Africa and he is the most successful black football coach in the world. He is the former coach of Mamelodi Sundowns,

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, and

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. Born in Kagiso, Mosimane is one of the longest serving and most decorated coaches in all of South African football, having won multiple major trophies with

between 2001 and 2007 and Mamelodi Sundowns between 2012 and 2020.

Club career

Mosimane started his senior career at

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, then he played for Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, before joining Greek club Ionikos to play under coach

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. He later joined Belgian team KFC Rita Berlaar and Qatari club

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Coaching career

Mosimane was an assistant coach to the under-11 players during his tenure with the Belgian club KFC Rita Berlaar, then he returned to South Africa to coach Mamelodi Sundowns reserves.

Supersport United

Mosimane joined

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as an assistant coach to Bruce Grobbelaar, then he became the head coach from 2001 until 2007, where he finished second in 2001–02 and 2002–03 in the

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South Africa national team

Mosimane served as the caretaker coach of the

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, nicknamed as

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, for seven games in 2007, prior to the appointment of Carlos Alberto Parreira as head coach of the national team, whom Mosimane served as an assistant coach under during the

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. He also served as assistant to

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during the

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, Parreira's successor and later predecessor. On 15 July 2010, Mosimane was named as the new head coach of South Africa and was handed a four-year contract. He won his first game in charge in a 1–0 win over World Cup quarter-finalists

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. South Africa failed to qualify for the

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after Mosimane mistakenly played for a draw in the final qualifier against

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, when in fact a victory was required.

Mamelodi Sundowns

In 2012, Mosimane became the manager of Mamelodi Sundowns. He won the

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with Mamelodi Sundowns after defeating

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3–1 on aggregate, making them the 2nd South African side to win it after Orlando Pirates in 1995. In December 2016, Mosimane was ranked as the 10th best coach in the world for 2016, according to the

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(IFFHS). On 5 January 2017, Mosimane won the Coach of the Year accolade at the 2016 Glo-CAF awards in Abuja, Nigeria after guiding Mamelodi Sundowns to league glory in 2015–16 and claiming the Telkom Knockout trophy which meant Mosimane stood alone as the only coach to have made a clean sweep of all domestic trophies in the PSL era. On 6 April 2019, Mosimane led his team Mamelodi Sundowns to a 5–0 win against Egyptian club

in the

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quarter-finals, in which he won 5–1 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals. Mosimane is generally regarded as the most successful manager in South African football history, winning five

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titles with Mamelodi Sundowns. In late September 2020, Mosimane resigned as Mamelodi Sundowns coach.

Al Ahly

On 30 September 2020, Mosimane was announced to be the head coach of

. He was the first non-Egyptian African to manage the club. On 27 November 2020, Mosimane led Al Ahly to their 9th CAF Champions league title, after winning the 2020 final against their rivals

, and to qualify to the

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, where they eventually finished in third place after beating

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on penalties. On 6 December 2020, he led Al Ahly to win the Egyptian Cup. In May 2021, he guided the football club to win the

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against

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, Qatar. On 17 July 2021, Al Ahly won their second CAF Champions league title under Mosimane and their 10th in total after a 3–0 win over

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in the

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. Rory Smith argued that this eight-month tenure, in which Al Ahly won three trophies, made Mosimane one of the best managers in world football for the year. In December 2021, he won another

in Qatar against Raja Casablanca. On 13 June 2022, Al Ahly accepted Mosimane's request to step down as their manager.

Al-Ahli Jeddah

On 25 September 2022, Mosimane was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli Jeddah.

Career statistics

International

Managerial statistics

Honours and achievements

Player

Ionikos *

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: 1993–94

Manager

Supersport United * Nedbank Cup: 2005 * SAA Super Eight Cup: 2004 Mamelodi Sundowns *

: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 * Nedbank Cup: 2014–15, 2019–20 * Telkom Knockout: 2015,

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Al Ahly *

: 2019–20,

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: 2021 (May), 2021 (Dec) *

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: 2019–20 *

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third-Place:

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Individual

* PSL Coach of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 * CAF Coach of the Year: 2016

References

External links

Website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosimane, Pitso 1964 births Living people People from Gauteng South African soccer managers South African soccer players South African expatriate soccer players South Africa international soccer players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Super League Greece players Expatriate footballers in Greece South African expatriate sportspeople in Greece Al Sadd SC players Qatar Stars League players Expatriate footballers in Qatar South African expatriate sportspeople in Qatar South Africa national soccer team managers Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. managers SuperSport United F.C. managers Association football midfielders Al Ahly SC managers Al-Ahli Saudi FC managers Saudi First Division League managers Expatriate football managers in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia South African expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia