Siyabonga Mdluli

Siyabonga Mdluli
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Green Mamba F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Green Mamba F.C.
National team
Swaziland 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2016

Siyabonga Msholozi Mdluli (born 26 August 1986) is a Swaziland footballer playing for Swazi Premier League side Green Mamba F.C..[1]

Career

Siyabonga is the captain of Swaziland national football team. In the 2016 COSAFA Cup semifinals match against South Africa, his team was leading by 1-0 against half time, only for Siyabonga to get red carded for a foul on Judas Moseamedi. The South Africans prevailed 5-1 ultimately, and went on to become the champions in the final.[2][3]

Siyabongo assaulted Royal Leopards F.C.'s Zweli ‘Mlilo’ Nxumalo during the second-leg semifinals of the 2015 Swazi Premier League. He later apologised for the incident.[4][5]

References

  1. "Green Mamba suspend 'Msholozi', Civil". Swazi Observer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "FT – South Africa 5 Swaziland 1". 2016 Cosafa Cup. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "2018 World Cup Qualifiers". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. "'WHY I BEAT UP 'MLILO'". Times of Swaziland. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. "'Msholozi' faces E30 000 fine foR assault". Swazi Observer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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