Sbonelo Cele
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa[1] | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Golden Arrows | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Uthongathi | 25 | (1) |
| 2021– | Golden Arrows | 50 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 | |||
Sbonelo Cele (born 27 August 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a left back for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the Premier Soccer League.[2]
In March 2022 he was named in a preliminary national team squad to play France, but was not a part of the final 23-man squad.[3] Cele was instead called up to Bafana Bafana for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. Here, he featured during the plate final which South Africa won against Botswana.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sbonelo Cele at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Sbonelo Cele at Soccerway
- ^ Mark, Jonty (14 March 2022). "Losing against France is better than winning against Botswana, says Bafana's Broos". The Citizen. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Dindi, Sithembiso (17 July 2022). "Mkhalele's young Bafana edge Botswana to win Cosafa plate final". Dispatch Live. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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- Soccer players from Durban
- South African men's soccer players
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- National First Division players
- South African Premier Division players
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