Terrence Mashego (born 28 June 1996) is a South African professional

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player who plays as a defender for

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club

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 ...

and the South African national team.

Club career

Mashego was born in

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. He joined

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' youth set-up in 2006. Mashego attended Bona Lesedi Secondary School, completing his education in 2014. He attended

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through a sports scholarship from 2016, combining study with playing for their football team but left after 8 months and signed for

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club Mthatha Bucks. He made one appearance for Bucks in the 2016–17 season and 10 appearances in the 2017–18 season. Mashego joined newly formed National First Division club TS Galaxy in 2018. He won the

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with Galaxy after the club beat

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in May 2019. In October 2020, Mashego signed for

club

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International career

Mashego received his first call-up to the

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for World Cup qualification fixtures against

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in October 2021. He made his debut for South Africa in the 3–1 win over Ethiopia on 9 October.

Honours

TS Galaxy *

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: 2018–19 South Africa *

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third place:

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* 1996 births Living people South African men's soccer players People from Mamelodi Soccer players from Gauteng Men's association football defenders Mthatha Bucks F.C. players TS Galaxy F.C. players Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players National First Division players South African Premier Division players South Africa men's international soccer players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-footy-defender-stub