Bongani Khumalo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bongani Sandile Khumalo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Manzini, Swaziland | ||
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Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Bidvest Wits | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2005 | Arcadia Shepherds | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | AmaTuks | 50 | (4) |
2007–2010 | SuperSport United | 81 | (8) |
2011–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Preston North End (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Reading (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → PAOK (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2015 | → Colchester United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2015–2016 | SuperSport United | 9 | (0) |
2016– | Bidvest Wits | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008– | South Africa | 42 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:42, 13 March 2014 |
Bongani Sandile Khumalo (born 6 January 1987) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bidvest Wits and South Africa.
Early life
Khumalo was born in Manzini, Swaziland, to a Swazi mother and father. He grew up in Pretoria as his father relocated to South Africa and was the third player born outside South Africa to play for Bafana Bafana.[2]
Club career
South Africa
Khumalo went through the academy of Arcadia Shepherds before opting to sign for University of Pretoria in 2005 where he made 50 appearances scoring four times.
In 2007 it was agreed that he would join South Africa giants SuperSport United making 79 appearances scoring eight goals. Following the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Scottish Premier League club Rangers revealed on their website that they were interested in signing Khumalo and his South Africa teammate Katlego Mphela from SuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns respectively. In August 2010, Khumalo's agent revealed that Tottenham Hotspur were looking to sign Khumalo in the January transfer window after he had accrued more game time with SuperSport United and the national team. On 26 October, it was confirmed Spurs had reached an agreement with United to sign Khumalo in January 2011.
Tottenham Hotspur
On 26 October 2010, it was announced that Khumalo would be joining Tottenham Hotspur in January 2011 from partner club SuperSport United after a successful trial in September, subject to a work permit for a fee of £1.5 million. Tottenham confirmed the completion of Khumalo's transfer from SuperSport United on 7 January 2011.[3]
Khumalo was released by Tottenham Hotspur at the end of 2014–15 season,[4] without ever playing a competitive game for the club in 4.5 years.
Preston North End (loan)
On 24 March 2011, Khumalo made an emergency deadline day loan move to Championship club Preston North End.[5] He made his debut for Preston on 2 April 2011 in their 2–1 victory over Swansea.
Reading (loan)
On 25 July 2011, Khumalo moved on a season-long loan to Championship club Reading.[6] However following the arrival of Kaspars Gorkss from Queens Park Rangers, Khumalo's appearances were limited, and he did not play a first team game after August. On 1 February 2012, it was confirmed that Khumalo's loan would be terminated early, to allow him to return to Tottenham.[7]
PAOK (loan)
On 6 July 2012, Khumalo joined Greek club PAOK on loan, for one year.[8][9]
Doncaster Rovers (loan)
Khumalo was signed by Doncaster Rovers of the Championship for a season's loan on 31 July 2013.[10] On 6 August in his second game for Rovers he scored the winner in a 1−0 victory against Rochdale in the League Cup.[11]
Colchester United (loan)
On 14 March 2015, Khumalo joined Colchester United on loan for the rest of the season.[12][13] He made 10 appearances for the Colchester Community Stadium based club before returning to Tottenham.
Return to South Africa
On 4 August 2015, it was announced that Khumalo had signed for SuperSport United, leaving Tottenham Hotspur after 4 years and 0 competitive appearances.[14] He made 10 appearances in all competitions for SuperSport before moving to fellow Premier Soccer League side Bidvest Wits.[15]
International career
Khumalo was named in the South African squad for the 2009 Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, both in South Africa. On 22 June 2010, Khumalo scored the first goal after 21 minutes against France as South Africa finished their World Cup campaign with a 2–1 win.[16] Khumalo is the current captain of the South African national football team.
International goals
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 22 June 2010 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | France | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
References
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External links
- Bongani Khumalo – FIFA competition record
- Bongani Khumalo career statistics at Soccerbase
- Bongani Khumalo at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Manzini
- Swazi emigrants to South Africa
- South African soccer players
- South African expatriate soccer players
- South Africa international soccer players
- Association football defenders
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- University of Pretoria F.C. players
- University of Pretoria alumni
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- PAOK FC players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Superleague Greece players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players