Siyabonga Sangweni

Siyabonga Sangweni ( born September 29, 1981 in Empangeni ), nicknamed Nsimbi (iron) or Nduna (leader), is a South African football player.

Career

Sangweni was born in Empangeni, a location in the vicinity of the east of South Africa situated big city of Durban. In his youth he played with the Royal Chiefs, had already played where his father and uncle. His football career began, however, when Uthukela FC in Durban. There he played until 2005, took him the Golden Arrows under contract. For the club, also based in Durban the central defender has been disputed over 100 games in the top division of South Africa, is recognized as a key player.

Although players outside the capital Johannesburg have a hard time to be considered for the national team of South Africa Siyabonga Sangweni got on May 26, first time in 2007 a ​​chance in a friendly match against Malawi. But it took another two years until his next match for the " Bafana Bafana ". Only in the run-up to the Football World Cup 2010 in his own country, he isolated himself in the warm-up games a possible family together with central defender Matthew Booth or Bongani Khumalo out and was consequently appointed to the World Cup squad in South Africa. He is regarded as an unobtrusive but very reliable defender who makes up for its shortcomings in speed than good positional play.

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