Thabang Molefe (born 11 April 1979) is a retired

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

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He played for HIT Gorica,

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 ...

, FC Lyn Oslo,

Le Mans UC Le Mans Football Club (; commonly referred to as Le Mans FC, formerly referred as Le Muc) is a French association football club based in Le Mans. The club was founded in 1985 as a result of a merger under the name Le Mans Union Club 72. In 2010 ...

and Orlando Pirates. Molefe also played for the

South Africa national football team The South Africa national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international Association football, soccer and it is run by the South African Football Association, the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. The team's nickname is Baf ...

and was a participant at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. During international duty with South Africa, Molefe tackled David Beckham who fell awkwardly in a challenge and was substituted early in the second half of the friendly match before being taken to hospital. Beckham, England captain at the time, suffered a fractured wrist as a result of the challenge.

References

External links

*
Stats from Slovenia
at PrvaLiga official website. 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Potchefstroom South African men's soccer players South African expatriate men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football defenders ND Gorica players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Lyn Fotball players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway South African expatriate sportspeople in Norway Le Mans FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in France South African expatriate sportspeople in France Orlando Pirates F.C. players {{SouthAfrica-footy-defender-stub