Michael Manzini

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Mike Manzini
Personal information
Full name Michael Jethro Manzini
Date of birth (1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Hoedspruit, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Welverdiend Eastern Rangers
–1995 Might FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2009 Mamelodi Sundowns 274 (3)
International career
1999 South Africa 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2007

Mike Manzini (born 29 November 1972 in Hoedspruit, Limpopo) is a South African former association football defender. He spent his entire career at Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and also played for South Africa.

Manzini was Sundowns' ever-reliable and efficient captain who made well over 250 appearances for the club. His good work in defence often went unnoticed by onlookers but it was a sign of his experience, composure and superb reading of the play that he very rarely found himself having to make a last-gasp tackle or clearance.

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