Aaron Mokoena
Mokoena playing for South Africa in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Teboho Aaron Mokoena | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Boipatong, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder/Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jomo Cosmos | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Ajax | 7 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | KRC Genk | 32 | (1) |
| 2005–2009 | Blackburn Rovers | 101 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Portsmouth | 77 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Bidvest Wits | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| South Africa U-23 | |||
| 1999–2010 | South Africa | 107 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC) |
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Teboho Aaron Mokoena (born 25 November 1980 in Boipatong), known as Aaron Mokoena, is a South African footballer who last played for South African football team Bidvest Wits and the South African national team.
Mokoena moved to Bayer Leverkusen and Ajax, before twice being loaned out to Germinal Beerschot and then transferring to KRC Genk for two years. On 4 January 2005, aged 24 he moved to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in which he described his move as a dream.
Mokoena made his debut for Blackburn on 8 January 2005 in an FA Cup match against Cardiff City, coming on as a 43rd-minute substitute for Barry Ferguson. After this, Mark Hughes who called him a very good organiser and pacy athlete mainly utilised Mokoena as a holding midfielder, seemingly deeming him not strong enough in defence. Mokoena went on to be a regular in the starting line-up for the remainder of the season, appearing 22 times in total. He was used by Hughes as the holding midfielder in a three-man midfield in a defensive 4–5–1 formation, a move which saw Blackburn concede fewer goals and move away from relegation danger. Hughes later reverted to a 4–4–2 formation. From then on, Mokoena found himself used sparingly as a holding midfielder in his favoured 4–5–1 formation as a second-half substitute, charged with protecting leads in games in which Blackburn were winning. With Robbie Savage out injured for Rovers, Mokoena started most of the team's games in 2007 and he scored his first goal for Blackburn in an FA Cup 6th round victory against Manchester City on 11 March 2007. However, he was later sent off after getting a second yellow card. He scored his second and final Blackburn goal against Sunderland in February 2009, again this time in the FA Cup replay in Rovers' 2–1 win at Ewood Park which was also voted as goal of the season for the 2008–09 season. Mokoena played his final game for Blackburn Rovers on 24 May 2009 against West Bromwich Albion at Ewood Park in the 0–0 draw.
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