Thando Mngomeni (born 11 February 1983 in

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) is a South African

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. Thando is a pure example of South Africa's unorthodox style of play. He hails from

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on the

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and is the younger brother of former

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player and South African international

Thabo Mngomeni Thabo Mngomeni (born 24 June 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African former Association football midfielder. After starting his professional career at Cape Town Spurs and having a brief spell at Manning Rangers, Mngomeni became a hou ...

Career

Mngomeni spent a season and a half in Sweden with

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and made 29 appearances before returning to South Africa claiming he could not cope. He returned to Santos after semi-retirement and impressed with some good performances during the 2007/08 season. He signed for

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and moved to

Bidvest Wits Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system. ...

after a year and half. He is currently playing in Cape Town for a 2nd division club, Magic FC.

International career

He has so far been capped five times.

Interest outside football

Thando Mngomeni has acquired shares in an online soccer/football community called TheSoccerPages.Com to begin a career as a blogger and commentator. He has taken on a role as co-host of a monthly live soccer/football talk show called Diski Nites in

. http://www.citizen.co.za/1027236/mngomeni-to-co-host-football-show/ He is also consulting with youth players helping them one-on-one with advice and skills training.

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Official personal blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mngomeni, Thando 1983 births Living people South African soccer players South Africa international soccer players South African expatriate soccer players South African Premier Division players Allsvenskan players Helsingborgs IF players Bush Bucks F.C. players SuperSport United F.C. players Association football midfielders Santos F.C. (South Africa) players Bidvest Wits F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Sportspeople from Cape Town

Career

International career

Interest outside football

See also

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