Siyabonga Mdluli Explained

Siyabonga Mdluli
Birth Date:26 August 1986
Currentclub:Green Mamba F.C.
Position:Defender
Clubs1:Green Mamba F.C.
Nationalteam1:Eswatini
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:13 December 2016

Siyabonga Msholozi Mdluli (born 26 August 1986) is an Eswatini footballer playing for Swazi Premier League side Green Mamba F.C.[1]

Career

Siyabonga is the captain of Swaziland national football team. In the 2016 COSAFA Cup semifinals match against South Africa, his team was leading by 1-0 against half time, only for Siyabonga to get red carded for a foul on Judas Moseamedi. The South Africans prevailed 5-1 ultimately, and went on to become the champions in the final.[2] [3]

Siyabongo assaulted Royal Leopards F.C.'s Zweli ‘Mlilo’ Nxumalo during the second-leg semifinals of the 2015 Swazi Premier League. He later apologised for the incident.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Green Mamba suspend ‘Msholozi’, Civil . Swazi Observer . 11 December 2016 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120813/http://www.observer.org.sz/sports/84487-green-mamba-suspend-%E2%80%98msholozi%E2%80%99%2C-civil.html . 20 December 2016 .
  2. Web site: FT – South Africa 5 Swaziland 1 . 2016 Cosafa Cup . 13 December 2016 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810204443/http://www.cosafa.com/live-south-africa-vs-swaziland-ko-17h00-local-16h00-gmt/ . 10 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: 2018 World Cup Qualifiers . . 13 December 2016 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180124/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round%3D276420/match%3D300338621/index.html . 20 December 2016 .
  4. Web site: ‘WHY I BEAT UP ‘MLILO’ . . 13 December 2016 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161222101817/http://www.times.co.sz/sports/104758-%E2%80%98why-i-beat-up-%E2%80%98mlilo%E2%80%99.html . 22 December 2016 .
  5. Web site: ‘Msholozi’ faces E30 000 fine foR assault . Swazi Observer . 13 December 2016 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120907/http://www.observer.org.sz/sports/76162-%E2%80%98msholozi%E2%80%99-faces-e30-000-fine-for-assault.html . 20 December 2016 .