Jacob Lekgetho

Jacob " Bobo " Lekgetho ( born March 24, 1974 in Soweto, † September 9, 2008 in Johannesburg) was a South African football player.

He played in his career, among other things, for Moroka Swallows and Lokomotiv Moscow. With Moscow, he participated in the Champions League 2003/2004 part. A total of four years, the defender for locomotive was active. On 9 September 2008 Lekgetho died after a long illness.

National

With the South African national team, he participated in Japan and South Korea at the 2002 World Cup. There he came only in the preliminary round match against Spain for use and could not prevent the departure of his team in the group stage.

For this he was at the African Cup 2004 here. There he completed all three games of the team in the first round, but here was an early conclusion. Since 2004 he was also no longer in the squad of the national team. He ran 26 times for the national team.

Incorrect death report 2007

Published on 19 February 2007 in several Russian newspapers and websites reports about an alleged death Lekgehtos. Thus, he should be killed in a car accident in Cape Town killed. National mass media heard of the story and spread it further. One day after the message Rusfootball confirmed that this was a hoax.

Swell

• National football team (South Africa)
• South Africans
• Born in 1974
• Died in 2008
• Man