Doctor Khumalo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Theophilus Doctors Khumalo | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Soweto, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kaizer Chiefs (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Moroka Swallows | ||
| 1986 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–2004 | Kaizer Chiefs | 397 | (75) |
| 1995–1996 | → Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | → Columbus Crew (loan) | 43 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2001 | South Africa | 50 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Theophilus Doctorson "Doctor" Khumalo also known as "16 valve" (born 26 June 1967 in Soweto) is a retired South African soccer player. He is best known for being a star midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs as well as the South African national team, Bafana Bafana.
Having started playing soccer in 1984 with Swallows Reserves, Khumalo then went to Kaizer Chiefs, where he initially played for the junior team. His father, Eliakim "Pro" Khumalo, a renowned player of the 1970s and early 1980s, served as his mentor. Khumalo was promoted to the senior team by coach Ted Dumitru the following year, when he started a game against arch rivals Orlando Pirates.
Khumalo went on to become a star player for Kaizer Chiefs and did not play for any other South African soccer club, only leaving them for short overseas playing periods – he signed with FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman who first took him to Argentinian club Ferro Carril Oeste for six months in 1995, while in 1996 he played for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.
The high-point of Khumalo's soccer career was the 1990s; he was part of the Kaizer Chiefs teams that won three South African league championship titles and five knockout trophies and was also voted South African Footballer of the Year in 1992. During his career at the club, he played in a total of 397 league and cup games, scoring 75 goals.
After the re-admission of South Africa to FIFA in 1992, Khumalo was selected to be a member of the South African squad for its first official international match in July of the same year, against Cameroon. South Africa won the match 1–0, due to a penalty scored by Khumalo. He was also a leading member of the winning South African national team at the 1996 African Nations Cup. He also represented South Africa in the 1998 Football World Cup. Throughout his whole international career, he played for South Africa 50 times (twice as captain), scoring nine goals making him the 13th most capped South African footballer.
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