Siyabonga Ngezana
.jpg) Ngezana with FCSB in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Siyabonga Ngezana | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sebokeng, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | FCSB | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Pirates | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Kaizer Chiefs | 95 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | FCSB | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | South Africa U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | South Africa U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | South Africa | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Siyabonga Ngezana (born 15 July 1997) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Liga I club FCSB and the South Africa national team.[2][1]
In November 2023, The South African awarded Ngezana the award for the Best South African Footballer In Europe.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 10 November 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kaizer Chiefs | 2017–18 | South African Premier Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | South African Premier Division | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | South African Premier Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | South African Premier Division | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | South African Premier Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | South African Premier Division | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 95 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 6 | |||
| FCSB | 2023–24 | Liga I | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Liga I | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 133 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 8 | |||
International
[edit]- As of matches played on 10 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Kaizer Chiefs
- Nedbank Cup runner-up: 2018–19
- Carling Black Label Cup: 2021
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2020–21
FCSB[2]
South Africa U23
- U-23 Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2019
Individual
- The South African Best South African Footballer in Europe: 2023
- Liga I Team of the Season: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Siyabonga Ngezana at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c Siyabonga Ngezana at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Former Kaizer Chiefs star wins best player award in Europe". thesouthafrican.com. 2 November 2023.
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Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Sebokeng
- Soccer players from Gauteng
- South African men's soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- FCSB players
- South African Premier Division players
- Liga I players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- South African soccer biography stubs