Manqoba Mngqithi (born 25 April 1971 in

Umzimkhulu Umzimkhulu is a town in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The town lies 243 km north-east of Mthatha, 18 km south-west of Ixopo, and 108 km south south-west of Pietermaritzburg, the provi ...

) is a South African

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coach who currently coaches

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Career

He has managed a number of clubs in the Premiership. He is a former

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by profession. Mngqithi joined

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premiership, the first tier of South African football league syste ...

as assistant coach in 2013. He and fellow assistant coach

Rhulani Mokwena Rhulani Mlungisi Mokwena (born 9 January 1987) is a South African football manager. He last managed Botola side Wydad AC. The son of former Orlando Pirates player Julias Sono Hloae, and nephew to Jomo Sono, Mokwena hails from a footballing fami ...

were appointed as joint head coaches in 2020, and together led the club to two league titles. Mokwena then took over the role on his own, with Mngqithi becoming a senior coach. Mngqithi took over as sole head coach following Mokwena's departure in July 2024. He was dismissed by Sundowns in December 2024 after a poor start to the season.

Manager

Honours

* Premiership:

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, 2021–22 *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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: 2021–22

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mngqithi, Manqoba 1971 births Living people People from Umzimkhulu Local Municipality Zulu people South African schoolteachers South African soccer managers Premier Soccer League managers Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. managers AmaZulu F.C. managers Chippa United F.C. managers Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. managers