Gift Leremi Explained

Gift Leremi
Fullname:Mpho Gift Leremi
Height:1.750NaN0[1]
Birth Date:1984 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Soweto, South Africa
Death Place:Alberton, South Africa
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Sprinters Development Soccer Academy
Youthclubs2:Orlando Pirates
Years1:2002–2007
Years2:2007
Caps1:70
Caps2:2
Goals1:15
Goals2:1
Nationalteam2:South Africa
Nationalyears1:2001–2004
Nationalyears2:2004–2005
Nationalcaps1:21
Nationalcaps2:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:0
Pcupdate:July, 2007
Ntupdate:July, 2007

Mpho Gift Leremi (13 October 1984 – 3 September 2007) was a South African football midfielder who last played for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League, and South Africa. Leremi died in a car crash on 3 September 2007 near Johannesburg, South Africa.[2]

Career

Leremi was an offensive midfielder who began his career with the youth club Pimville Giants in Soweto, where he was born, and discovered by Orlando Pirates in 1999 at a local soccer tournament. Upon joining the Pirates development team, Augusto Palacios, the Pirates youth director, immediately recognized the talent in the player and took him under his wing.

Leremi made his debut for Orlando Pirates in 2002–03 season of the Premier Soccer League on 10 August 2002 against Moroka Swallows, winning the league title in his debut season.

In the summer of 2007 he moved to the then Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

Death

On 3 September 2007, Leremi was returning home after a CAF Confederation Cup game in Cameroon against Astres FC when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton outside Johannesburg.[3] He sustained massive injuries and ultimately died as a result of the accident.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orlando Pirates Football Club | Official Website | Home of the Legends. 13 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Bafana player killed in car crash . Independent Online. South Africa . 2007-09-04.
  3. Web site: Police probe mystery of Gift's final drive. 5 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105134700/http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/police-probe-mystery-of-gift-s-final-drive-1.369457#.UnjtxFNEsy4. 5 November 2013. dead.