Surprise Moriri

Surprise Moriri

Personal information
Full name	Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri
Date of birth	(1980-03-20) 20 March 1980
Place of birth	Matibidi, South Africa
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder Second striker
Team information
Current team	Mamelodi Sundowns
Number	14
Youth career
	Wattville Watford Brothers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Silver Stars	51	(19)
2004–	Mamelodi Sundowns	115	(39)
International career
2003–	South Africa	34	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri (born 20 March 1980 in Matibidi, Mpumalanga) is a South African football midfielder and striker for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.

Club career

Moriri is a free-scoring midfielder who was chosen as South Africa’s PSL Player of the Season in 2005–06. He usually plays as a second striker or behind the striker as a supporting striker. He can also be deployed on the right side of midfield. He scored 12 goals in all competitions (11 in the league) to be Sundowns’ top scorer and help the 'Brazilians' to their first league title since 2000.

In the 2006–07 season he eclipsed that amount, with again 11 league goals and three in the CAF Champions League.

The 2007–08 season saw him less prolific in the league only managing three league goals but in the process scoring two Nedbank Cup goals, one MTN 8 goal, one Tekom Knockout goal and four CAF Champions League, giving him a total of 11 goals.

On 18 June 2007, Sundowns played a friendly against FC Barcelona in South Africa. Moriri scored within one minute and 30 seconds to make it 1–0. After many missed chances from both teams, Barcelona eventually went on to win the game 2–1 after two late goals from substitutes Santiago Ezquerro and Marc Crosas Luque.

International career

Moriri made his debut in a friendly match against Lesotho on 8 October 2003.

He scored his first goal for South Africa in their 3–0 win over Chad in the MTN Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

He was in the South African squad for the 2008 African Nations Cup.

He was part of the Bafana Bafana squad for the 2010 World Cup, coming off the bench against Uruguay.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2007-03-24	Ndjamena, Chad	Chad	1–0	3–0	African Nations Cup qualifier
2	2008-03-26	Atteridgeville, South Africa	Paraguay	1–0	3–0	Friendly
3	2008-06-07	Atteridgeville, South Africa	Equatorial Guinea	2–1	4–1	WCQ
4	2010-04-28	Berlin, Germany	Jamaica	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5	2010-05-31	Polokwane, South Africa	Guatemala	3–0	5–0	Friendly

External links

• Surprise Moriri at National-Football-Teams.com