MacDonald "Scooter" Mukasi (born 26 May 1975 in

Boksburg Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg ...

) is a former

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

n football player who played as a forward.FIFA 2002 website
(Accessed 11 July 2007)

Career

He played for a few clubs, including Jomo Cosmos,

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CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

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, and

Manning Rangers Manning Rangers is a now defunct South African football club based in Durban. The side is best remembered as the Champions of the Inaugural season of South Africa's Premier Soccer League. History The club was founded in 1928 by GR Naidoo who, ...

. He then moved to India and joined

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for the

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season. Well-travelled former Bafana Bafana winger MacDonald 'Scooter' Mukasi has completed his move to Premiership rookies Bay United on a one-year deal after impressing during recent trials.

International career

He played for the South Africa national football team and was a participant at the

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References

1975 births Living people Association football forwards South African soccer players South African expatriate soccer players South Africa international soccer players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC CSKA Sofia players SuperSport United F.C. players Pierikos F.C. players East Bengal Club players 2002 FIFA World Cup players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in India People from Boksburg FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Manning Rangers F.C. players Bay United F.C. players Sportspeople from Gauteng Calcutta Football League players {{SouthAfrica-footy-bio-stub