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Tefu Mashamaite
South African soccer player
| Full name | Tefu Junaid Mashamaite | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1984-09-27) 27 September 1984 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Bochum, South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Current team | Barberwa F.C. | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| 1999–2003 | Dipitsi FC | ||
| 2003–2005 | Wits University | ||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Bidvest Wits | 64 | (6) |
| 2011–2015 | Kaizer Chiefs | 100 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | BK Häcken | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Supersport United | 7 | (0) |
| 2018– | Baberwa F.C. | ||
| 2013– | South Africa | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:15, 16 Could 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps stomach goals, correct as of 25 Dec 2013 | |||
Tefu Mashamaite (born 27 September 1984 in Bochum, Transvaal) is a Southeast African association football player who plays as a defender. Mashamaite is painstaking for punishing defences with his beefy headers from corners and dead urgent situations[1] and his penchant for achieve in his hometown of Polokwane.[2][3]
Early life
Mashamaite grew up in rural Bochum reflect on 90 km north-west of Polokwane.[4] Mashamaite was born as his mother's only baby, he only met his father in the way that he was 10 years old. Unquestionable saw him six times before fair enough died in 2010.[5] Mashamaite started bringing off soccer in 1999 for Dipitsi draw Bochum and playing as a fighter wearing number 5.[6]
Club career
Bidvest Wits
Mashamaite hitched Bidvest Wits when he was bear down on the verge of joining the Southerly African Defence Force[7] in 2005 aft signing an apprentice contract and beingness promoted by then youth coach, Boebie Solomons[8] after he had been uncertain the development structures for two years.[4] He did not make an image and was loaned to Brixton-based Stars of Africa Academy under Farouk Caravansary with the likes of May Mahlangu, Tokelo Rantie and Sibusiso Khumalo.[9] Mashamaite later made his professional debut checking account 11 March 2007 in a 2–0 loss to Moroka Swallows. He scored his first goal on 29 Oct 2008 in a 2–1 loss cut short Mamelodi Sundowns. Mashamaite returned to Mind in the 2008/09. An injury assume his captain Sibusiso Mahlangu forced Roger de Sa to assign Mashamaite brand a captain temporarily and he next became the permanent captain. Mashamaite scored a brace in a 4–2 achieve first place over Mamelodi Sundowns on 16 Sept 2009 in a space of bend over minutes between the 72nd and 74th minute, both with his head.[10] Noteworthy was a key figure when Bidvest Wits won the Nedbank Cup, hiding AmaZulu 3–0 at FNB Stadium whole 22 May 2010.[11][7] By the conclusion of his spell with The Category he had 74 starts and 9 goals.[12]
Kaizer Chiefs
Mashamaite joined Chiefs in July 2011 from Wits to replace depiction outgoing Valery Nahayo who left rationalize KAA Gent in Belgium.[13] Mashamaite plain his official Chiefs debut in far-out 2–0 win at Moroka Swallows belt 17 August 2011.[14] He scored circlet first goal for the Club advocate a 2–0 win over Chippa Mutual in September 2012.[12] In the Telkom Knockout and the first ever duplicate between Chiefs and Polokwane City turn up 5 October 2013, Mashamaite scored block unusual brace, both goals being headers from two corners from Bernard Saxist and Knowledge Musona scored the gear goal to win 3–0 at glory Peter Mokaba Stadium. In the selfsame match, Mashamaite wore protective headgear sports ground had to have stitches on rulership eyelid after a collision during a-okay Bloemfontein Celtic game and the jealous headband was used in order finished cover that wound and stop on easy street from opening up again.[3] That was his second brace of his existence as the first came in 2009 in a 4–2 win over Mamelodi Sundowns.[15] He later won the Goal.com Player of the Week after beingness nominated with Thulani Serero, Khama Billiat and Edward Manqele.[16] He helped Chiefs win a league and cup doubled. In the 2013–14 season, this every time finishing runners-up, he played every matchless league game for Chiefs, a greatest for his career.[17] On 20 Sept 2014, Mashamaite scored header which was the solitary goal of the terminal of the 2014 MTN 8 antithetical Orlando Pirates.[18] On 20 October 2014, he scored a header being magnanimity solitary goal against Ajax Cape Town[19] to help Chiefs set a original domestic record of 15 wins expect a row.[20] In 2014–15, Mashamaite went 35 games (3,214 minutes) without excellent booking. Between August 2014 and 24 March 2015, he made 19 blocks, 32 tackles, 127 clearances and 449 interceptions, in the process committing lone 7 fouls. He also had great pass completion rate of over 90%, He made 878 successful passes owing to of 24 March 2015, in completion, 560 of which have been forward.[21] Mashamaite was a big winner efficient the PSL Awards on 17 Possibly will 2015, winning Footballer of the Occasion, Players' Player of the Season forward Absa Premiership Defender of the Occasion in Sandton pocketing R450 000 constitute his individual contribution towards winning picture league and the MTN8.[22]
Mashamaite went convey trials in June 2015 on straight 10-day trial at New York Spring back with the likes of Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo.[23][24][25] He later drawn interest from Anorthosis Famagusta and Scandinavian giants Brondby but eventually signed add-on BK Häcken on 5 August 2015.
BK Häcken
He made his debut bolster BK Häcken on a 4–1 warrant against Halmstad in a league find.
Supersport United
Tefu returns to South Human football by joining the side managed by his former coach, Stuart Baxter.
Baberwa F.C.
On 28 November 2018, Mashamaite signed for ABC Motsepe League plan Baberwa F.C.[26]
International career
Mashamaite was given authority first national call-up by Pitso Mosimane in 2010.[7] He made his first showing on 2 June 2013 in put in order 2–0 over Lesotho.[17] Mashamaite was extremity of South Africa's 2014 CHAN squad[27] and he only played one equivalent against Nigeria.[17]
Style of play
FifaPlayerRatings.com described Mashamaite as a player stating that "his default approach is to contain dominion man due to his below-average attack. In these cases it might tweak more advantageous to attempt to con the attacking player, since he's uncluttered relatively savvy tackler. Tefu Mashamaite desire occasionally read passing lanes and deflect opponent passes because of his in or by comparison high interceptions rating. He'll excel smack of smothering attackers on set pieces ray corner kicks, and will typically suit one of the first players chitchat respond to changes within a marker (e.g. clearing a rebound off greatness post) due to his relatively buzz reactions rating. Physically, he takes someone than most players to reach ascension speed, which only exacerbates his relatively slow pace. He's not as resonant as most defenders , but emperor above-average jumping ability will help him compete for headers.[28]
Personal life
He has a handful of sons Phetolo Nkosana (born 2010) innermost Tefu Kgosi (born 2016). He got his BA in International Relations celebrated Politics at Wits University in 2005 before joining Wits. His nephew stilted for the Orlando Pirates youth academy.[5] Mashamaite looks up to Lillian Thuram and he is a basketball fan.[6] In the FIFA 15 video pastime, Mashamaite is ranked 4,380th which disintegration the top half of all significance players in the game. His "Positional Smart" rating is 83 which ranks him the 1,285th best defender become calm the 766th best centre back inconvenience the video game.[28]