Papi Khomane
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Papi Isaac Khomane[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 1975 | ||
Place of birth | South Africa | ||
Date of death | 25 November 2023 | (aged 48)||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1998 | Jomo Cosmos | 91 | (0) |
1998–2007 | Orlando Pirates | 151 | (0) |
Total | 242 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1998–2000 | South Africa | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Papi Khomane (31 January 1975 – 25 November 2023) was a South African professional footballer who played as a defender. Khomane played club football for Jomo Cosmos and Orlando Pirates; he also earned nine caps for the South Africa national team between 1998 and 2000, featuring at AFCON 2000. He was killed in a car crash while travelling to Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 25 November 2023, at the age of 48. The crash also killed his mother and brother-in-law.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orlando Pirates Football Club | Official Website | Home of the Legends". 13 August 2017.
- ^ Molobi, Timothy. "Former Orlando Pirates and Jomo Cosmos captain Papi Khomane and his mother die in a car accident". City Press.
External links
[edit]- Papi Khomane at National-Football-Teams.com