Papi Khomane | |
Full Name: | Papi Isaac Khomane[1] |
Birth Date: | 31 January 1975 |
Birth Place: | South Africa |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1994–1998 |
Clubs1: | Jomo Cosmos |
Caps1: | 91 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1998–2007 |
Clubs2: | Orlando Pirates |
Caps2: | 151 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 242 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1998–2000 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]