Archie 'Juluka' Radebe (c. 1959 – 7 January 2015) was a South African soccer player and coach. He played for

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and the

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in the South African

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. He later coached the Manzini Wanderers in the

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, and Hellenic F.C.

Club career

Radebe played for Moroka Swallows Ltd. in the old

. He played in a famous Datsun Cup match against where he scored the winner in a 4–3 win over

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on 28 May 1982. Swallows advanced to the quarter finals but lost to

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2–0. He moved to Usuthu and later became the captain. In the inaugural

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campaign, he scored a brace in a 5–4 win over Pretoria Callie's in the 1985 JPS Cup but Usuthu were knocked out his former club with

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and.

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scoring in a 3– 0 loss. In 1987, AmaZulu were knocked out of the BP Top 8 losing 6–3 on aggregate with

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scoring 5. Radebe reached the Iwisa Spectacular final but lost 3–2 to

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with a goal for

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and a brace from Patrick Ntsoelengoe on 17 January 1987. Radebe captained AmaZulu to the Mainstay Cup in the same season. He played in the final with the likes of

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and

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but lost again to Chiefs by a Marks Maponyane goal in the 71st minute.

Coaching career

Radebe also worked as a scout in

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as a technical director with former

midfielder and founding member Thomas Johnson and discovered

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, Gift Leremi and

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in 1998 as a 9 year old. He later coached Manzini Wanderers and was the last coach to win silverware after winning the Swazi Charity Cup in August 2005, he coached the Weslians in 2009. He later coached MTN First Division club, Hellenic.

Death

Radebe died at the Helen Joseph Hospital in

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hospital on 7 January 2015, after being in hospital for two months at the age of 56.

References

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