Neo Maema (born 1 December 1995) is a South African professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays as an

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for South African Premier Division side

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 ...

Career

Maema started his career at

Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African soccer club based in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein Celtic had a large fan base in the Free State and competed in the Premiership before selling their status to Royal ...

aged 22. After 60 appearances and 3 goals for Celtic, he joined

on a five-year deal in summer 2021.

Style of play

Maema is a left-footed

References

Living people 1995 births South African men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players South African Premier Division players Soccer players from Bloemfontein 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-footy-forward-stub