Bennett Mnguni
Thabo Bennett Mnguni (born 18 March 1974) is a former South African international footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thabo Bennett Mnguni | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 76 | (16) |
| 2002–2003 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 8 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Rostov | 33 | (2) |
| 2005 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | (3) |
| 2006 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | AmaZulu | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Thanda Royal Zulu | 21 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Okktha United | ||
| International career | |||
| 2001–2004 | South Africa | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Mnguni started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns, before joining Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on a two-and-three-quarter-year contract February 2002.[2] Mnguni left Lokomotiv after a year and joined fellow Russian side Rostov before moving to Tianjin Teda in China in 2005. Mnguni returned to South Africa in 2006 with Mamelodi Sundowns, moving to AmaZulu for the first half of 2007 and Thanda Royal Zulu for the 2007–08 season. Mnguni once again moved abroad in 2008, signing for Okktha United in Myanmar.[3][4]
International career edit
Mnguni represented South Africa twelve times between 2001 and 2004,[4] most notably at the 2002 World Cup, and 2002 & 2004 African Cup of Nations.
Career statistics edit
International edit
| South Africa national team[4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 |
References edit
- ^ Bennett Mnguni at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- ^ "Bennett Mnguni". BBC Sport. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ MNL Grand Royal 2009 ကစားသမားမ်ားႏွင့္ နည္းျပမ်ား စာခ်ဳပ္ ခ်ဳပ္ဆိုမႈစာရင္း 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Bennett Mnguni". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.