Rhulani Manzini (born 6 March 1988) is a South African

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays 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 Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila, as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

. He has also played professionally for Batau,

Jomo Cosmos Jomo Cosmos are a South African association football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the National First Division. The club is owned and coached by South African football legend Jomo Sono. In the 2021-2022 National First Division sea ...

, Sivutsa Stars,

Witbank Spurs Witbank Spurs are a South African football (soccer) club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that competes in the Premier Soccer League's National First Division. History The club was formed in 1962 as Eastern Rangers Football Club. In 1975, the club wa ...

Platinum Stars Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''. The team's best finish in ...

and

AmaZulu Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal ...

Career

Born in

Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge (also known as Mapulaneng) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It grew around a trading store that opened in 1884, and is named after t ...

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

, he began his career at Batau in 2009, before joining

in 2011. He made his debut in the

in December 2011 in a 2–1 victory over

. After spells at Sivutsa Stars and

during the 2013–14 season, he joined

in the summer of 2014. After scoring once in nine league appearances for Platinum Stars, he signed for

Chippa United Chippa United Football Club (often known as Chilli boys or Chippa) is a South African professional football club based in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, having previously being based in Nyanga suburb of the city of Cape Town. The club' ...

in 2015. He appeared in 31 league matches for Chippa, scoring eleven goals, before leaving to join

in August 2017. He returned to Chippa United the following summer but was released by the club in December 2019. He threatened legal action with Chippa United in 2020 after not receiving a settlement following the termination of his contract. He joined Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila in November 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manzini, Rhulani Living people 1988 births South African men's soccer players People from Bushbuckridge Soccer players from Mpumalanga Men's association football forwards Batau F.C. players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Sivutsa Stars F.C. players Witbank Spurs F.C. players Platinum Stars F.C. players Chippa United F.C. players AmaZulu F.C. players Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C. players South African Premier Division players National First Division players