Thendo Mukumela

Thendo Mukumela (born 30 January 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for the South African soccer club Black Leopards. He has been capped for the South Africa national football team.

Thendo Mukumela
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998
Place of birth Ngwenani, Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Black Leopards
Youth career
0000–2018 Mamelodi Sundowns
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Cape Town Spurs[lower-alpha 1] 90 (17)
2022–2023 AmaZulu 3 (0)
2023– Black Leopards 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 South Africa U17 3 (1)
2017 South Africa U20 7 (0)
2019 South Africa U23 5 (1)
2017–2019 South Africa 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:46, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Ngwenani, Limpopo,[2] South Africa, Mukumela started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns before joining Ajax Cape Town in 2018.[3][4]

In June 2022, Mukumela joined AmaZulu.[5]

International career

Mukumela has represented South Africa at under-17, under-20, under-23 and senior international levels.[2] Specifically, he was a squad member at the 2017 and 2019 COSAFA Cup.[1]

Notes
  1. Cape Town Spurs was known as Ajax Cape Town until September 2020.

References
  1. "Thendo Mukumela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. Thendo Mukumela at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. "Sundowns transfer news: Thendo Mukumela joins Ajax Cape Town, Erik Hamren leaves | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  4. "Mukumela- I still wanna go back to Sundowns". 27 January 2020.
  5. "Spurs confirm Mukumela departure". capetownspurs.co.za. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.


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