Elliot Siyabonga Nontshinga (born 4 February 1987) is a South African international

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Sou ...

, Nontshinga has played for

Bay United Bay United was a South African professional association football, football (soccer) club based first in the city of Port Elizabeth and later Polokwane. It played in the South African Premier Division and National First Division. The club came in ...

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 ...

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 ...

, Mpumalanga Black Aces, FC Buffalo,

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 ...

and Santos.

International career

Nontshinga received his first call-up to the

South African national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

in November 2011, which he dedicated to the memory of his mother. He made his national team debut for South Africa in 2011, earning three caps between then and 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nontshinga, Siyabonga 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth South African soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players Bay United F.C. players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players F.C. Buffalo (South Africa) players Roses United F.C. players Santos F.C. (South Africa) players South African Premier Division players Men's association football forwards Soccer players from the Eastern Cape