Thendo Mukumela

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Thendo Mukumela
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Ngwenani, Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Black Leopards
Youth career
0000–2018 Mamelodi Sundowns
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Cape Town Spurs[a] 90 (17)
2022–2023 AmaZulu 3 (0)
2023– Black Leopards 0 (0)
International career
2015 South Africa U17 3 (1)
2017 South Africa U20 7 (0)
2019 South Africa U23 5 (1)
2017–2019 South Africa 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:46, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Thendo Mukumela (born 30 January 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for the South African soccer club Black Leopards. He has been capped for the South Africa national football team.

Club career[edit]

Born in Ngwenani, Limpopo,[2] South Africa, Mukumela started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns before joining Ajax Cape Town in 2018.[3][4]

In June 2022, Mukumela joined AmaZulu.[5]

International career[edit]

Mukumela has represented South Africa at under-17, under-20, under-23 and senior international levels.[2] Specifically, he was a squad member at the 2017 and 2019 COSAFA Cup.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Cape Town Spurs was known as Ajax Cape Town until September 2020.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Thendo Mukumela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Thendo Mukumela at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sundowns transfer news: Thendo Mukumela joins Ajax Cape Town, Erik Hamren leaves | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  4. ^ "Mukumela- I still wanna go back to Sundowns". 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Spurs confirm Mukumela departure". capetownspurs.co.za. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.