Mpho Makola

Mpho Makola
Personal information
Full name	Mpho Terence Makola
Date of birth	4 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Alexandra, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Polokwane City
Number	8
Youth career
	Alex Sheffield
1999–2003	Kaizer Chiefs
	Bidvest Wits
	Vaal University of Technology
	Africa Sport Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	Free State Stars
2012–2019	Orlando Pirates
2019–2023	Cape Town City
2023–	Polokwane City
International career‡
2015–	South Africa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2016

Mpho Makola (born 4 May 1986) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National First Division club Polokwane City.^[1] He previously played for Free State Stars and Orlando Pirates, before being transferred to Cape Town City in 2019. He parted ways with Cape Town City in early February 2023.

Early life

Makola was born and raised in Alexandra and attended school in Yeoville Community Primary School and Barnato Park High School where he was a sports all rounder. He joined the Kaizer Chiefs academy in 1999 from Alex Sheffield. By the age of 15, Makola became his family's main breadwinner and took care of his mother and six siblings. As a teenager, Makola consumed drugs and hung around gangsters and nearly joined a hijacking syndicate. He later played for Vaal University of Technology and earned R900 a month.^[2]

Career statistics

As of 30 January 2018^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Free State Stars	2009–10	Premier Soccer League	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3
	2010–11	Premier Soccer League	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
	2011–12	Premier Soccer League	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	2
	Total		68	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	71	6
Orlando Pirates	2012–13	Premier Soccer League	9	1	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	11	1
	2013–14	Premier Soccer League	17	2	5	1	0	0	3^[b]	1	25	4
	2014–15	Premier Soccer League	25	3	2	0	2	0	4^[a]	0	33	3
	2015–16	Premier Soccer League	24	7	5	1	3	1	1^[a]	0	33	9
	2016–17	Premier Soccer League	26	0	5	2	3	1	1^[a]	0	35	3
	2017–18	Premier Soccer League	17	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	19	2
	Total		118	14	17	4	10	3	11	1	156	22
Career totals			186	20	20	4	10	3	11	1	227	28

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearances in MTN 8
^ Appearances in CAF Champions League

International career

He scored on his international debut against Senegal in an international friendly on 8 September 2015.

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.^[3]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 September 2015	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Senegal	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	6 September 2016	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Egypt	1–0	1–0	Friendly

References

^ http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2013-2014/pirates/03-mpho-makola.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "Kickoff December 2015".
^ ^a ^b Mpho Makola at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[MTN8-4] Appearances in MTN 8

[CCL-5] Appearances in CAF Champions League

[1] ttp://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2013-2014/pirates/03-mpho-makola.html ^{[dead link]}

[2] "Kickoff December 2015".

[sw-3] Mpho Makola at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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