- Katlego Mphela
Football player infobox| playername= Katlego Mphela
fullname = Katlego Abel Mphela
nickname = Killer
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|11|29
cityofbirth =Tshwane
countryofbirth =South Africa
height = height|m=1.77
weight =
currentclub =Mamelodi Sundowns
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
years = 2003–2004
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008-
clubs =Jomo Cosmos RC Strasbourg B RC Strasbourg
Stade Reims Supersport United Mamelodi Sundowns
caps(goals) = 20(0)
240(8)
220(3)
50(0)
620(17)
nationalyears = 2007-
nationalteam = South Africa
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (3)
pcupdate =August 15 ,2007
ntupdate =August 15 ,2007 Career
Katlego Abel Mphela (born
November 29 ,1984 inBrits , North West) is aSouth Africa n footballer, currently playing forMamelodi Sundowns in the PSL.Mphela rejoined Supersport United in late November 2006 from French club
RC Strasbourg . He also briefly played forStade Reims .He started his career atJomo Cosmos .While on the books ofRC Strasbourg he was a transfer target for thenCharlton Athletic FC bossIan Dowie .But the deal failed to matterialize before Dowies eventual saking.During the 2007/08 season Mphela was ravaged by injury and only managed 2 league goals but he did however bag 4
Telkom Knockout goals and 2SAA top 8 goals.Since the end of the 2007/2008 Season,Mphela has been liked with a return to France withNantes andNancy On July 24, 2008 he flew to
Austria to joinMaccabi Haifa F.C. of Israel's training camp. He was welcomed by friendly faces from the national team:Tsepo Masilela andThembinkosi Fanteni . If he impresses he will be signed."Killer", as he is known to South Africans due to his finishing skills, has represented South Africa eight times, scoring three goals.
South African National Team
Mphela has represented South Africa eight times, scoring three goals.He scored South Africas only goal in the 3-1 defeat against Tunisia in the 2008 Egypt Afcon.
External links
* [http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=1912 Mphela back to bolster Supersport]
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