Andries Mpondo

Andries Mpondo
Personal information
Full name Andries Khehla Mpondo
Date of birth (1963-01-22) 22 January 1963
Place of birth Meadowlands, South Africa
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Roman Rangers
Meadowlands Inter Africa Eleven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1996 Moroka Swallows 395 (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Andries "Chaka Chaka" Mpondo (born 22 January 1963)[1] is a retired South Africann football (soccer) striker who played for Moroka Swallows his whole career.

Early life

Mpondo played for Roman Rangers and Meadowlands Inter African Eleven as a teenager. He attended Daliwonga High School and Kelokitso High School with Doctor Khumalo and Marks Maponyane in Dube.[2]

Moroka Swallows

He was signed for R20 000 after Fetsi Molatedi left for Chiefs for a record breaking R 45 000.[3] He was the first player to score at the newly builty FNB Stadium on 2 September 1989, beating new Kaizer Chiefs and former Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey.[4] By his retirement in 1996 he played 395 matches for Swallows.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://soccerladuma.mobi/campaigns/view_player/1/21471[]
  2. ↑ http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/legends/2012/09/13/legends-corner-how-mpondo-filled-the-gap-for-birds
  3. ↑ http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/legends/2012/09/13/legends-corner-how-mpondo-filled-the-gap-for-birds
  4. ↑ http://soccerladuma.mobi/campaigns/view_player/1/21471[]
  5. ↑ http://soccerladuma.mobi/campaigns/view_player/1/21471[]
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