Clement Sibusiso Mazibuko (born 16 September 1977 in

Benoni, Gauteng Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality. Benoni was also the setting for the MTV-inspired movie ''Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni'', released internat ...

) is a former

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. He spent the majority of his career representing

n clubs in domestic competitions, with a short spell in

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. He is a former international with

, having earned a total of 8 caps during 2001–2003.

Career

Mazibuko started his career at Bush Bucks in 1998, where he spent 4 years before joining the

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premiership, the first tier of South African football league syste ...

in 2003. He briefly joined struggling

Greek Superleague The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

side

Ergotelis Ergotelis Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, Crete, which competes in the Heraklion Football Clubs Association, FCA Heraklion A1, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system, ...

on loan in 2005, returning to the

later that year to help them win the

South African Premier Division The South African Premiership, also known as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship reasons, and commonly referred to as the PSL after its governing body, is a professional soccer league in South Africa and the highest level of the South Afric ...

twice, in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Mazibuko then moved to newly promoted

Thanda Royal Zulu Thanda Royal Zulu was a South African football club based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. History The club started after a Swedish consortium that included Sven-Goran Eriksson bought the franchise from Benoni Premier United at the end of the 2 ...

in 2007, and followed them to the

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after the club was relegated at the end of the season. He joined fellow

competitors Batau in 2010 to drop to the Second Division as the club was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. Mazibuko returned to top-flight in 2013 signing with

side

SuperSport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional association football, football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the South African Premier Di ...

for the 2013–14 Premier Division season. He then retired in 2014, at age 36.

International

Mazibuko made a dream debut for

, coming in as a substitute on the 88th minute and scoring his first international goal within 60 seconds on 29 April 2001, during the 1st round of the

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vs.

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International goals

Honours

Club

;Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. *

: 2005–06, 2006–07

References

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Benoni Soccer players from Gauteng South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Bush Bucks F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece South African expatriates in Greece Men's association football midfielders Batau F.C. players SuperSport United F.C. players {{SouthAfrica-footy-midfielder-stub