Thamsanqa Sangweni (born 26 May 1989 in

Empangeni Empangeni is a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is approximately 157 kilometres north of Durban, in hilly countryside, overlooking a flat coastal plain and the major harbour town of Richards Bay 16 kilometres away. The N2 freeway runs east ...

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

) is a South African

football (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 ...

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who last played for TS Sporting. He is the younger brother of former

Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DStv ...

player

Siyabonga Sangweni Doctor Siyabonga Sangweni (born 29 September 1981 in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal), known as Siyabonga Sangweni, is a retired South African soccer defender who used to play for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates and South Africa. His young ...

Career

In 2017 Sangweni moved from

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' ...

to Orlando Pirates on a two year deal, following in his brother's footsteps who had played there for five years.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangweni, Thamsanqa 1989 births Association football midfielders Living people South African soccer players People from Empangeni AmaZulu F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players Chippa United F.C. players Maritzburg United F.C. players TS Sporting F.C. players South African Premier Division players National First Division players South Africa international soccer players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games

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