Thabo Sithole | |
Number: | 2 |
Position: | Point guard |
Team: | Cape Town Tigers |
Birth Date: | 1995 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Height M: | 1.90 |
High School: | Durban High School (Durban, South Africa) |
Team1: | Duzi Royals |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Žalgiris-2 |
Years3: | 2018–2021 |
Team3: | KwaZulu Marlins |
Years4: | 2019 |
Team4: | Jozi Nuggets |
Years5: | 2021–present |
Team5: | Cape Town Tigers |
Thubelihle Thabo Sithole (born 10 June 1995) is a South African basketball player for Cape Town Tigers and the South Africa national basketball team.
Born in KwaZulu-Natal, Sithole attended Durban High School and started playing basketball seriously at age 8.[1]
In December 2015, Sithole signed with Žalgiris, as a result of head coach Darius Dimavičius's visit to South Africa.[2] Sithole started his professional career in Lithuania with Žalgiris-2 in the second-tier National Basketball League (NKL).
In 2018, he signed in South Africa with the KwaZulu Marlins of the Basketball National League (BNL).[3]
In October 2019, Sithole played with the Jozi Nuggets in the 2021 BAL qualifiers.[1] Since 2021, Sithole is on the roster of the Cape Town Tigers.[4]
Sithole has played for the South Africa national basketball team. He played with the team at AfroBasket 2017. He had also played for the country's Under-16 team before.[3]
Sithole has been in a Master program of Development Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[1]