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AmaZulu F.C.
AmaZulu Football Club (Simply often known as AmaZulu) is a South African professional soccer club based in the city of Durban in the KwaZulu Natal province, that plays in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African football league system. The club's nickname, ''Usuthu'', is a Zulu war cry. History Early history (1932–1973) One of the oldest clubs in South Africa, AmaZulu was formed by Zulu migrant workers in 1932 and originally named Zulu Royal Conquerors. The club was then introduced to then Zulu king Solomon, who changed the team's name to Zulu Royals, their colours to royal blue and white, and also introduced the shield to their logo. Initially Prince Bayisikili was placed as the team guardian at eMsizini and later replaced by Prince Sithela and the team's headquarter was at the Royal Kraal by then the team colours had changed to bottle green and white. On the day of King Bhekizulu's funeral in the year 1968, the team went to play a Cup game against SA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Mabhida Stadium
The Moses Mabhida Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, named after Moses Mabhida, a former General Secretary of the South African Communist Party. It is a multi-use stadium. The stadium became a venue for several events, like bungee jumping, concerts, cricket, soccer, golf practice, motorsports and rugby union. It was one of the host stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The stadium has a Seating capacity, capacity of 55,500 (expandable up to 75,000). The stadium is adjacent to the Kings Park Stadium, in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct, and the Durban street circuit used for the A1 Grand Prix, A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. It includes a sports institute, and a transmodal transport station. History This newly built stadium is located on the grounds of the Kings Park Soccer Stadium, in the Durban sports precinct in the suburb of Stamford Hill, Durban, Stamford Hill. The stadium had the capacity to hold 62,76 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siyabonga Nomvethe
Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe (; born 2 December 1977) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Nomvethe played in several European leagues. Nomvethe represented the South Africa national team from his debut on 6 May 1999, and he played in the 2002 and 2010 World Cups. He is the highest all-time goal scorer in the PSL. Biography Nomvethe was born in the township of KwaMashu north of Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Club career Nomvethe started playing as a striker for the Durban-based lower league club Durban Cosmos in 1994, from which he moved to Claremont Blizzards. African Wanderers When Claremont Blizzards folded the following year, Nomvethe moved to African Wanderers in the second best South African league. He helped the club secure promotion and Nomvethe made his first appearances in the Premier Soccer League, playing alongside later ''Bafana Bafana'' striker Sibusiso Zuma and Phumlani Mkhize. In his debut se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Tovey
Neil Robert Tovey OIS (born 2 July 1962) is a South African football coach and former player and also brother of former footballer Mark Tovey. He was born in Pretoria. He holds the record for most appearances in the National Soccer League. Early career Tovey was born in Pretoria but grew up in Durban. He had been playing soccer since 1969. He aspired to be a doctor before opting to play professional football. His brother Mark who was also a footballer used to give him football lessons. He was also coached at junior level at Juventus Durban by Clive Barker. Club career Durban City He made his professional debut for Durban City in 1981 and won the 1982 and 1983 NPSL titles under Clive Barker and played 176 league games. Tovey was transfer listed on 12 March 1986. AmaZulu He scored on debut in a 2--1 win over Arcadia Shepherds in Durban on 4 April 1986. He also scored in a 5--1 win over Kaizer Chiefs on 8 June 1986 in what became Chiefs' worst loss ever. He stayed until 1989 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manqoba Mngqithi
Manqoba Mngqithi (born 25 April 1971 in Umzimkhulu) is a South African football coach who is the "senior coach" of Mamelodi Sundowns. He has managed a number of clubs in the Premier Soccer League.Manqoba Mqithi is considered as one of the best coaches in South Africa. He has been a coach for more than 15 years and is a former schoolteacher by profession. In 2020 Mngqithi became co-coach of Mamelodi Sundowns alongside Rulani Mokwena. In October 2022, "Mngqithi was assigned to a new role as Sundowns' senior coach in what is a demotion from the position of co-coach. He will now be working under new head coach Rhulani Mokwena", Goal.com reported. Personal life ''Isibaya ''Isibaya'' was a South African daily drama series that started production in 2013, premiering on Mzansi Magic and created by Angus Gibson, Desiree Markgraaff, Teboho Mahlatsi, Catherine Stewart and Benedict Carton. Siyabonga Thwala leads the mal ...'' actress Asavela Mngqithi is Manqoba Mngqithi's daughter. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Palmgren
Roger Lennart Palmgren is a Swedish football manager. He has that has been active as club manager in nine different countries: Italy, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia and China. He has been coach of the national football teams of Sierra Leone, Rwanda national football team, Rwanda and Namibia. Career Cafe Opera & Arezzo Roger started his coaching career in 1990 as a playing coach with Alessandro Catenaccis team FC Cafe Opera in Sweden. After climbing 3 divisions in 3 years, Palmgren got an offer in 1993 from Francesco Graziani to coach Primavera team FC Arezzo to explore a professional managing career. After great success, Palmgren got offered the job as coach for Sierra Leone national team. Sierra Leone When Palmgren won the Amílcar Cabral Cup (1995), and qualified to Africa Cup of Nations (1996) in South Africa with Sierra Leone national team, he made his break through as an international football manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Rosslee
Craig William Rosslee (born 1 January 1970 in Cape Town) is a former South African association football player and manager. Rosslee enjoyed success as a player with Cape Town Spurs, Hellenic and Santos. He made his league debut for Cape Town Spurs in 1990 and retired in 2004 due to several shoulder injuries. Rosslee was ranked among the better defenders of his time in South Africa but was not capped at international level for South Africa. He linked up with Ajax CT as a junior coach, eventually becoming the head of the club's youth development programme and had short uneventful stints in lower divisions but can claim fame in the hot seat for his excellent run to the last eight of the prestigious ABSA Cup with the youthful Ajax reserve team before they narrowly lost to Silver Stars. In 2007, he was appointed coach of Ajax CT. In 2009, Rosslee left Ajax, and later that year joined the Orlando Pirates as an assistant coach. Rosslee joined AmaZulu as manager on 30 November 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Mugeyi
Wilfred Mugeyi (born 4 July 1969) is a Zimbabwean former footballer whose last job was coach at South African Premier Soccer League club AmaZulu FC. During his playing days he was known as "Silver Fox" for the way he stole un-noticed behind opposition defences. He enjoyed a long and fruitful spell at South African side Bush Bucks, a club he first joined in 1993, and also a decent international career with Zimbabwe. Mugeyi took South African football by storm when he scooped three top awards, PSL Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year and Top Goalscorer of the Season back in 1996/97 when he scored 23 goals for Bucks. He has also had spells in Israel and China, where he played for Maccabi Haifa and Shenyang Haishi respectively. His twin brother William Mugeyi was also a professional footballer who played for Bush Bucks and Zimbabwe. Since 2007 after retiring from professional football as a player, Wilfred Mugeyi became an assistant coach at his former club Ajax Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Barker (soccer)
Steven Robert "Steve" Barker (born 23 December 1967) is a South African former football (soccer) player and coach currently managing South African Premier Division club Stellenbosch F.C. Personal life Born in Maseru, Lesotho, he is the nephew of South African coach Clive Barker. Playing career Barker played club football for Wits University and SuperSport United. Coaching career He led the University of Pretoria to promotion to the Premier Soccer League in May 2012. He left AmaTuks in November 2014 to join AmaZulu Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal ....http://www.citypress.co.za/sport/steve-barker-swaps-amatuks-amazulu/ References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Steve 1967 births Living people People from Maseru South African soccer managers South African soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delron Buckley
Delron Sebastian Buckley (born 7 December 1977) is a South African former professional footballer. His preferred position was the left wing although he could also play as a striker. In September 2021, he was appointed Head Coach of the University of KwaZulu-Natal soccer team. Club career Born in Durban, Buckley's football career began with his local team Butcherfille Rovers Durban. At the age of 17 he was signed by German club VfL Bochum. Buckley spent most of his career in Germany, going through Bochum's youth teams and debuting in the Bundesliga in 1995. Buckley finally broke into the first squad in 1998 and remained a starter for much of his time at Bochum. Having spent nine professional seasons with Bochum, Buckley left in 2004 for Arminia Bielefeld where he enjoyed his most successful season personally, scoring 15 goals and helping the team avoid relegation. Buckley quickly picked up interest from higher-rated clubs. After only one season at Bielefeld, Buckley joined Boru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Antipas
Joey Antipas is a Zimbabwean football coach. Career Antipas won the Zimbabwean domestic league with Motor Action in 2010 and Chicken Inn in 2015. In May 2016, he became the manager of South African club AmaZulu, but was sacked in August 2017. He then became the caretaker manager of the Zimbabwe national team in August 2019. On 30 January 2020, Antipas was named as assistant to newly-appointed Zimbabwean national team manager Zdravko Logarusic Zdravko () is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin derived from word "zdrav" meaning "healthy". Notable people with the name include: *Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian singer *Zdravko Ježić, Croatian water polo player *Zdravko Kovačić, Croat .... Antipas returned to Chicken Inn on 16 January 2020. He was demoted in January 2023. References Living people Zimbabwean football managers Zimbabwe national football team managers Year of birth missing (living people) Zimbabwean expatriate football managers Zimbabwean expatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavin Johnson
Cavin Dennis Johnson (born 11 November 1958)Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2012/2013, p. 40 is a South African Association football, soccer coach who currently works as an assistant coach at Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League. Johnson has previously managed South African clubs Platinum Stars F.C., Platinum Stars (twice), SuperSport United F.C., SuperSport United, AmaZulu F.C., AmaZulu and Black Leopards F.C., Black Leopards in the Premier Soccer League. Coaching career Johnson is one of many coaches that came under the tutelage of Ted Dumitru. Before accepting the head coaching role at Platinum Stars in 2012, Johnson mainly worked as youth and assistant coach for various clubs in South Africa among them assistant coach and later head of youth development at Ajax Cape Town, Mamelodi Sundowns and most recently Platinum Stars. In his first season as head coach he led Stars to a 2nd-place finish in the PSL and subsequently joined SuperSport United to replace the outgoing G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Vukušič
Jozef Vukušič (born 31 August 1964) is a former football player from Slovakia who currently manages FC Košice Career Managerial Previously Vukušič managed FC Nitra, FC Cape Town and Polokwane City F.C. from South Africa. On 8 January 2016, Vukušič was appointed as manager of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ; Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footb ..., resigning from the position on 3 August 2016. References External links FC Cape Town profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Vukusic, Jozef 1964 births Living people Slovak footballers Sportspeople from Košice FC VSS Košice players Slovak Super Liga managers Slovak football managers MFK Ružomberok managers FC Spartak Trnava managers Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa FC Nitra managers As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |