Bradley Allan Grobler (born 25 January 1988) is a South African soccer player who plays as a striker for

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club

SuperSport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

and the South African national team.

Club career

Grobler attended Benoni High School and plied his trade as a junior at both Boksburg FC and BK Callies just outside Johannesburg. Bradley started his professional football career at

Platinum Stars Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''. The team's best finish ...

. After a four-year stint at Stars, he moved to Turkish second division side

Göztepe A.Ş. Göztepe (''watch hill'' in Turkish) may refer to: *Göztepe, Kadıköy, a neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey **Göztepe railway station, a train station ** Göztepe (Istanbul Metro, M4), a metro station *Göztepe, Konak, a nei ...

on 26 August 2011. He was then Göztepe's most expensive signing ever. On 26 June 2012, Grobler joined

side

Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and m ...

on a four-year deal. He has scored over 8 goals against Orlando Pirates, while at Supersport United.

International career

Grobler scored on his international debut against

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on 15 November 2011.

International goals

Personal life

Born in

Sandton Sandton is an upscale commercial and residential district north of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The name of the city came from the combination of two of its suburbs, ...

, Grobler is the son of former

Moroka Swallows Moroka Swallows Football Club (often known as simply Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two ...

player Les Grobler.

Honours

Club

;SuperSport United *

Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance t ...

: 2016, 2017 *

MTN 8 MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the DStv Premiership) season. ...

: 2017, 2019 * Telkom Knockout Cup : 2014

Individual honours

Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot The Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented by the Premier Soccer League to the leading goalscorer in the South African Premier Division. The award, colloquially known as the PSL Golden Boot or simply the ...

: 2020-21

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* * 1988 births Afrikaner people South African soccer players Living people Men's association football forwards Platinum Stars F.C. players Göztepe S.K. footballers Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Soccer players from Johannesburg South African expatriate soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players Expatriate footballers in Turkey SuperSport United F.C. players Boksburg F.C. players {{SouthAfrica-footy-forward-stub