Thulasizwe Mbuyane (born 13 August 1983 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 South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, who played for

Premier Soccer League The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is the administrative body for professional soccer leagues and cups in South Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, and was founded in 1996 following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnant ...

clubs

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 ...

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

Mpumalanga Black Aces Black Aces was a South African football club that played in the Premier Soccer League. Aces usually played their home games in the Mpumalanga province but were based and trained in Johannesburg. History The original club was founded in 1937 by ...

and the South African national squad as a midfielder. Mbuyane was traded to

from

in a swap deal taking Paulos Masehe in the opposite direction during the closed season before the 2008/09 Premier Soccer League season. On 21 January 2014, it was announced that Mbuyane joined

on a two-and-a-half-year deal, ending a six-season stint at Orlando Pirates.

International career

Thulasizwe Mbuyane played for the national team in March 2008 when he was called in as a substitute.

International goals

Honours

Orlando Pirates * Premier Soccer League **Winners : 2010/2011, 2011/2012 **Runners up : 2008/2009 *Nedbank Cup: 2011 *Telkom knockout: 2011 *MTN 8: 2010, 2011 * CAF Champions League **Runners up : 2013 * Carling Blaclk label Cup: 2010, 2011, 2014

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* 1983 births Living people Soccer players from Pretoria South African men's soccer players Free State Stars F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players Royal Eagles F.C. players Men's association football midfielders South Africa men's international soccer players South African Premier Division players National First Division players 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-footy-midfielder-stub ar:إيكسيلنت واللازا