Sizwe Motaung

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Sizwe Motaung
Personal information
Full name Sizwe Wesley Motaung
Date of birth (1970-01-07)7 January 1970
Place of birth Newcastle, South Africa
Date of death 16 August 2001(2001-08-16) (aged 31)
Place of death Newcastle, South Africa
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[1]
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
Chippa's Dynamos
Durban Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993
Jomo Cosmos
1994–1996
Mamelodi Sundowns
1996–1997 St. Gallen 15 (0)
1997–1998 CD Tenerife 13 (0)
1998–2000
Kaizer Chiefs
2000–2001
Orlando Pirates
International career
1992–1997
South Africa
49 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sizwe Motaung (7 January 1970 – 16 August 2001) was a South African

national side. He was part of the squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations
.

He died of an

AIDS-related disease at his home in Newcastle on 16 August 2001, at the age of 31.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Panini sticker album world cup 1998".
  2. ^ "Citypress Sunday 19 August 2001 p. 1". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Bafana's Motaung dies". BBC. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2008.

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