Siyabonga Nomvethe

Siyabonga Nomvethe
Personal information
Full name Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe[1]
Date of birth (1977-12-02) 2 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sabatha FC
Durban Cosmos
1994–1997 Claremont Blizzards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 African Wanderers 28 (11)
1998–2001 Kaizer Chiefs 79 (42)
2001–2005 Udinese 19 (0)
2004 → Salernitana (loan) 17 (2)
2004–2005 → Empoli (loan) 10 (0)
2005 → Djurgården (loan) 5 (1)
2006 Orlando Pirates 14 (4)
2006–2009 AaB 68 (13)
2009–2016 Moroka Swallows 149 (53)
2016–2019 AmaZulu 70 (28)
2020 Uthongathi 4 (0)
Total 459 (154)
International career
1999–2012 South Africa 81 (16)
Managerial career
2020– AmaZulu (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe (/nɒmˈvɛteɪ/; born 2 December 1977) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

Nomvethe played in several European leagues.[3] Nomvethe represented the South Africa national team from his debut on 6 May 1999, and he played in the 2002 and 2010 World Cups. He is the highest all-time goal scorer in the PSL.[4]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Siyabonga Nomvethe". Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Retired Siyabonga Nomvethe has no immediate plans but won't be lost to football". TimesLIVE.
  4. ^ "Amazulu striker siyabonga nomvethe becomes the all time goal scorer in the psl". goal.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020.