Mike Manzini | |
Fullname: | Michael Jethro Manzini |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Birth Date: | 1972 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Hoedspruit, South Africa |
Position: | Defender |
Youthyears2: | –1995 |
Youthclubs1: | Welverdiend Eastern Rangers |
Youthclubs2: | Might FC |
Years1: | 1995–2009 |
Clubs1: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
Caps1: | 274 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1999 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 13 February 2012 |
Ntupdate: | 13 February 2007 |
Mike Manzini (born 29 November 1972 in Hoedspruit, Limpopo) is a South African former association football defender. He spent his entire career at Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and also played for South Africa.
Manzini was Sundowns' ever-reliable and efficient captain who made well over 250 appearances for the club. His good work in defence often went unnoticed by onlookers but it was a sign of his experience, composure and superb reading of the play that he very rarely found himself having to make a last-gasp tackle or clearance.