Sizwe Motaung | |
Fullname: | Sizwe Wesley Motaung |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1970 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle, South Africa |
Death Place: | Newcastle, South Africa |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Chippa's Dynamos |
Youthclubs2: | Durban Leeds United |
Years1: | 1991–1993 |
Years2: | 1994–1996 |
Years3: | 1996–1997 |
Years4: | 1997–1998 |
Years5: | 1998–2000 |
Years6: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs6: | Orlando Pirates |
Caps3: | 15 |
Caps4: | 13 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1992–1997 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps1: | 49 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Sizwe Motaung (7 January 1970 – 16 August 2001) was a South African football player who played for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns, St. Gallen, CD Tenerife, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, as well at international level for the national side. He was part of the squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.
He died of an AIDS-related disease at his home in Newcastle on 16 August 2001, at the age of 31.[2] [3]