Marks Maponyane (born 16 February 1962) is a retired

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n football player.

Kaizer Chiefs

Maponyane joined Chiefs when he was 19 and started off by earning R600 a month. He scored on debut on 12 April 1981 against Leceister City in Eldorardo. He is the only player to win Footballer of the Year three times, he won the award in 1984 and 1987 with Chiefs. He captained the club from 1985 to 1988. He is

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all-time top goalscorer with 85 goals. He had a 7-month spell with

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. His teammates couldn't speak

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but only his coach

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could. When the season ended and everyone was leaving, he left for

and never came back. He also went on a 3-month trial to Grasshopper Zurich with Fani Madida during his spell. Maponyane left Chiefs for Dynamos in 1991. In 1993, he joined Orlando Pirates from which he won 1994 league title and

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in 1995. He also had a full-time job at Premier Milling. He started working for Adidas in 1984 and later had sponsorship deals and endorsements with them.

Personal life

He has been married since 1985 and has two sons, Katlego, and Masego. Masego, was voted Cosmopolitan Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year Katlego is a

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, and was one of the seven year old children selected in 1992 as part of the South African version of the

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International career

Maponyane made his debut for

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on 16 August 1992 in a 4-1 loss to

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in an

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qualifier coming in the 52nd minute for

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. He scored his first goal in his third international match in the 6th minute against

in an

qualifier on 26 April 1993 but

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equalised in the 82nd minute to make it 1-1. He scored his second and last goal for

on 26 November 1994 in a 2-1 win over

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in the 11th minute. He played his last international on 26 April 1995 in a 3-1 win over

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After Retirement

Maponyane hails from Meadowlands in

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. He is currently an analyst at

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and was South Africa's analyst during the FIFA World Cup in 2006. He is also the Sales Executive at Adidas South Africa. He has been a motivational speaker since his spell at Chiefs since 1989. His has done motivational talks at

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and Nissan SA.

Nickname

He is also known by his nickname "Go Man Go"

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maponyane, Marks 1962 births Living people Association football forwards Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players South African soccer players Sportspeople from Soweto Orlando Pirates F.C. players Bidvest Wits F.C. players South Africa international soccer players Dynamos F.C. (South Africa) players