Brooklyn Poggenpoel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SuperSport United | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool-Portland | |||
| Anchoridge | |||
| –2009 | Parkhurst Academy | ||
| 2009–2017 | Old Mutual Academy | ||
| 2017–2018 | Bidvest Wits | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Cape Umoya United | 46 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Cape Town All Stars | 23 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Chippa United | 44 | (1) |
| 2024– | SuperSport United | 1 | |
| International career‡ | |||
| South Africa U20 | 2 | ||
| 2024– | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024 | |||
Brooklyn Poggenpoel (born 3 October 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Premier Soccer League club SuperSport United and the South Africa national team.
Career
[edit]Brooklyn Poggenpoel started playing as a small child for Liverpool-Portland in Mitchells Plain. He also spent time in Anchoridge and the Parkhurst Academy before joining the Old Mutual Academy in 2009.[1] He joined the Bidvest Wits as a youth player from Old Mutual Academy in 2017.[2] He also played for South Africa U20, among others in a three-nation tournament in England in 2017.[3]
Poggenpoel started his senior career with Cape Umoya United in the National First Division. When the club sold its licence in 2021, Poggenpoel went on to Cape Town All Stars. In 2022 he was a part of a large influx of new players at Chippa United, with 16 new players arriving in the summer.[4] Poggenpoel made his first-tier debut in August 2022[5] and got his breakthrough within South African soccer.[6]
He was called up for South Africa for the 2024 COSAFA Cup, where he made his international debut against Mozambique.[7] In the summer of 2024 he signed for SuperSport United.[8]
Personal life
[edit]He grew up in a family of sportsmen, where his grandfather Brian Poggenpoel was a rugby player and he was a nephew of the soccer-playing brothers Ed, Brian and Mark Stein on his mother's side. On his father's side he was a nephew of Shane Poggenpoel.[1]
Among Poggenpoel's hobbies is photography, with him brandishing landscape photography on Instagram.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fillies, Avril (23 January 2019). "Sportgene volop by Poggenpoel" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk 24. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Bidvest Wits Sign Brooklyn Poggenpoel And Jamie Craak". Soccer Laduma. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "South Africa U20 beat England U20 in final tri-nations match". Goal. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Delport, Rob (21 July 2022). "Chippa's 16 Signings Unpacked". iDiski Times. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Brooklyn Poggenpoel at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Nkanjeni, Vuyokazi (18 January 2023). "Poggenpoel living his dream at Chippa United". Herald Live. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Malepa, Tiisetso (28 June 2024). "Much maligned, less covered but Cosafa Cup is producing the goods". City Press. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Molefe, Mazola (18 July 2024). "SuperSport United agree terms with Chippa midfielder". Sportswire. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Luthuli, Lusanda (8 August 2024). "SuperSport United's Newbie Boasts Impressive Hidden Talent". Soccer Laduma. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- South African men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cape Umoya United F.C. players
- All Stars F.C. (South Africa) players
- Chippa United F.C. players
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- National First Division players
- South African Premier Division players
- South Africa men's youth international soccer players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- 21st-century South African sportsmen