Joseph Malongoane (born 17 March 1988) is a South African footballer who plays for

Marumo Gallants Marumo Gallants is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, Free State, where they relocated after purchasing the status from Moroka Swallows. They currently play in the 2024–25 Premiership. They played in the Premiership for tw ...

. He was born in the village of Moletjie,

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but grew up in

Alexandra, Gauteng Alexandra, informally abbreviated to Alex, is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton. Alexandra is bounded by ...

. The skilful midfielder started his professional career on the books of Platinum Stars under the guidance of coach

Steve Komphela Steve Komphela (born 1 July 1967) is a South African football coach and a former player who is the manager of South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. Early life Steve was born in Golden Valley farm, 20 km outside K ...

. His career then led him to stints with

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Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club, referred to as simply Pirates, is a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Betway Premiership. The team plays i ...

and

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. At the start of the 2016/17 season, Molangoane re-united with coach Steve again when he committed to Amakhosi for two years. Tight (as he is known by football fans) suffered a horrific injury when he broke his ankle playing against

Free State Stars Free State Stars Football club was a South African professional soccer club based in Bethlehem, Free State that played in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars, Fairway Stars and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most signi ...

in August 2018. This saw him being ruled out for the rest of 2018. In May 2019, Kaizer Chiefs announced that midfielder has extended his stay with the Soweto giants after signing a one-year contract extension with an option to extend. In July 2020, TTM announced that they have signed Joseph together with Oupa Manyisa on two years contracts. in the

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Honours

Orlando Pirates *

Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's Premier Soccer League, premier club association football, soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of gi ...

: 2013-14 TTM *

: 2020-21

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malongoane, Joseph 1988 births Living people South African men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Platinum Stars F.C. players AmaZulu F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players Chippa United F.C. players Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C. players Marumo Gallants F.C. players South African Premier Division players 21st-century South African sportsmen Sportspeople from Alexandra, Gauteng