Personal information | |||
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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. |
Thabo Bennett Mnguni (born 18 March 1974) is a former South African international footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mnguni started his career at Mamelodi Sundowns, before joining Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on a two-and-three-quarter year contract February 2002. 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.
Mnguni represented South Africa twelve times between 2001 and 2004, most notably at the 2002 World Cup, and 2002 & 2004 African Cup of Nations.