Gift Leremi

Football player infobox
playername = Gift Leremi


fullname = Mpho "Gift" Leremi
nickname = Vroom-Vroom, Continental
height = height|m=1.62
weight =
dateofbirth = October 13 1984
cityofbirth = Soweto
countryofbirth = South Africa
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|9|3|1984|10|13
cityofdeath = Alberton
countryofdeath = South Africa
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Pimville Giants
years = 2002–2007
2007
clubs = Orlando Pirates
Mamelodi Sundowns
Total
caps(goals) = 70 (15)
02 0(1)
72 (16)
nationalteam = South Africa U23
South Africa
nationalyears = 2001–2004
2004–2005
nationalcaps(goals) = 21 0(0)
04 0(0)
pcupdate = July, 2007
ntupdate = July, 2007

Mpho "Gift" Leremi (October 13 1984 – September 3 2007) was a South African football midfielder for Mamelodi Sundowns, in the Premier Soccer League, and South Africa. Leremi died in a car crash on September 3, 2007 near Johannesburg, South Africa. [cite web
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Career and Death

Leremi was an offensive midfielder who began his career with the youth club Pimville Giants in Soweto, where he was born, and discovered by Orlando Pirates in 1999 at a local soccer tournament. Upon joining the Pirates Development team, Augusto Palacios, the Pirates youth director, immediately recognized the talent in the player and took him under his wing.Leremi made his debut for Orlando Pirates in 2002-03 season of the Premier Soccer League on August 10 2002 against Moroka Swallows FC, winning the league title in his debut season.In the summer of 2007 he moved to the then current Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

On 3 September 2007, Leremi was returning from a CAF CAF Confederation Cup against Cameroon when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton outside Johannesburg. He would sustain massive injuries and ultimately die as a result of the accident.

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