Bennett Mnguni

Bennett Mnguni

Personal information
Full name	Thabo Bennett Mnguni
Date of birth	18 March 1974
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2002	Mamelodi Sundowns	76	(16)
2002–2003	Lokomotiv Moscow	8	(1)
2003–2005	Rostov	33	(2)
2005	Tianjin Teda	18	(3)
2006	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	(0)
2007	AmaZulu	4	(0)
2007–2008	Thanda Royal Zulu	21	(2)
2008–2009	Okktha United
National team
2001–2004	South Africa	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Thabo Bennett Mnguni (born 18 March 1974) is a former South African international footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Mnguni started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns, before joining Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on a two-and-three-quarter year contract February 2002.^[1] Mnguni left Lokomotiv after a year and joined fellow Russian side Rostov before moving to Tianjin Teda in China in 2005. Mnguni returned to South Africa in 2006 with Mamelodi Sundowns, moving to AmaZulu for the first half of 2007 and Thanda Royal Zulu for the 2007-08 season. Mnguni once again moved abroad in 2008, signing for Okktha United in Myanmar.^[2][3]

International career

Mnguni represented South Africa twelve times between 2001 and 2004,^[3] most notably at the 2002 World Cup, and 2002 & 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

International

South Africa national team[3]
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	5	0
2002	4	7
2003	0	0
2004	3	0
Total	12	0

References

1. "Bennett Mnguni". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. MNL Grand Royal 2009 ကစားသမားမ်ားႏွင့္ နည္းျပမ်ား စာခ်ဳပ္ ခ်ဳပ္ဆိုမႈစာရင္း
3. "Bennett Mnguni". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 April 2016.