Mike Mangena

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Mike Mangena
Personal information
Date of birth 1958 (age 65–66)
Place of birth Soweto, South Africa
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
1966–1967 Chiawelo United Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978
Kaizer Chiefs B
1978–1980
Kaizer Chiefs
27 (9)
1980
Wits University
(loan)
30 (12)
1981–1984
Wits University
102 (45)
1984–1985 Watford 5 (2)
1985
Bush Bucks
34 (25)
1985–1986
Mamelodi Sundowns
18 (7)
1986–1988
Moroka Swallows
55 (22)
1988–1990
Kaizer Chiefs
68 (34)
Total 339 (156)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike "Sporo" Mangena (born 12 September 1958)[1] is a retired

Kaizer Chiefs
.

Youth career

Mangena started playing

soccer for Chiawelo United Stars at the age of 7.[2]

Kaizer Chiefs

Mangena was signed to the Chiefs reserves in 1978 and was promoted the same year. He moved to

Watford

He moved to

Bush Bucks

He was a teammate of Mlungisi Ngubane and older brother of Neil Tovey, Mark Tovey when he was the top goal scorer in the NPSL with 25 goals under Clive Barker.[5] He was edged by Ernest Mtawali to the 1985 Footballer of the Year award.[6]

Mamelodi Sundowns

Mangena joined Sundowns on 10 January 1986 for a record R40 000. He made his debut on 9 February 1986 in a 2--1 win over

Moroka Swallows on 8 June 1986.[7][8]

Kaizer Chiefs

He ended his short 12-year career at the age of 30 where he won the MTN 8, JPS and Bob Save Super Bowl.[9]

After Retirement

Since 1990 he has worked as a

soccer analyst at SABC;[10] and he is the owner of Harcourts Unlimited,[11]
a real estate business based in the historic Kliptown, Soweto.

In November 2018, Mangena was arrested after a drug manufacturing lab was found on his property.[12]

Personal life

Mangena was charged and arrested after a drug manufacturing plant was found in his house in Randfontein.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Kickoff December 2015".
  7. ^ "Kickoff December 2015".
  8. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Mobile Agent". harcourts.co.za. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Football legend Mike Mangena bust for drugs out on R50K bail". iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  13. ^ Dlamini, Penwell (22 November 2018). "Mike Mangena in jail over drugs find". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 11 May 2019.