Daniel Mudau (born 4 September 1968) is a South African former

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who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Early life

Daniel Mbulaheni Mudau was born on 4 September 1968 in

Mamelodi Mamelodi is a township northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. A part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, it was set up by the then apartheid government in 1953. Etymology 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 ...

; he also earned sixteen caps for the South African national side between 1993 and 2000, scoring 3 goals. He is the all-time top goal scorer for 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 ...

. Mudau scored one of the goals in Sundowns' losing effort in the

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final. Mudau was also known for an incident in the aftermath of Sundown's penalty shootout loss to

Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) is a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premiership. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Kings" or "Chiefs" in Zu ...

in the

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final. Mudau, who had scored both Sundown's goals, but was substituted shortly before Chief's last-minute equaliser, struck teammate Charles Motlohi, believing he had refused to take a crucial penalty. Mudau subsequently apologised.

International career

He made his debut on 6 October 1993 in a 4-0 loss against

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. Mudau scored his first goal in a 3-2 win over

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in the 70th minute on 30 September 1995. His last international came exactly 4 years later versus

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. He was part of the squad that won the

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Career statistics

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mudau, Daniel 1968 births Living people People from Mamelodi South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football forwards Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Soccer players from Gauteng 20th-century South African sportsmen