Sibusiso Zuma
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sibusiso Wiseman Zuma | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, Attacking midfielder, Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mighty Pa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | African Wanderers | 71 | (29) |
| 1998–2000 | Orlando Pirates | 70 | (37) |
| 2000–2005 | F.C. Copenhagen | 145 | (40) |
| 2005–2008 | Arminia Bielefeld | 69 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 12 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Nordsjælland | 13 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Vasco da Gama | 27 | (11) |
| 2011–2015 | Supersport United | 39 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2008 | South Africa | 67 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 July 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2011 |
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Sibusiso Wiseman Zuma (born 23 June 1975 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African professional football player.
Zuma started his career for South African clubs Mighty Pa, African Wanderers and Orlando Pirates. In June 2000, he joined Danish club F.C. Copenhagen, where he blossomed as a player. He helped the club win its second Danish football championship and was voted into the club's hall of fame for his outstanding efforts in the 2004–05 season, and in 2001 Zuma was tied for 29th place for the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award. After five and a half years at FC Copenhagen, Zuma was sold to German Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld for one million euros in July 2005.
In 2006 Zuma was voted number one by the fans among the greatest profiles to have ever played in F.C. Copenhagen.
According to Zuma he played his best football at F.C. Copenhagen which still feels like his second home. He enjoys legend status at F.C. Copenhagen as the best player ever to play in the club. Zuma thinks he owes everything to FC Copenhagen and that he enjoyed every day he was at the club. It is a part of his life that he will never forget. Zuma also tells that "South Africans will tell you that Zuma is a king in Denmark".
F.C. Copenhagen won its second Superliga championship in 2001 after almost a decade without becoming champions, winning 3–1 in the last New Firm match of the season, at the Parken Stadium. The 2–0 goal was a bicycle kick by Zuma, who received the ball at his chest, where he bounced it in the air, and in the same motion executed the overhead kick, volleying the ball into the far corner, out of Brøndby keeper Mogens Krogh's reach. This was voted the Danish goal of the year, and was voted the best Superliga goal of the decade in December 2009.
In 2013, Zuma's bicycle kick was voted the greatest moment in the history of F.C. Copenhagen. A monument was made to honour the greatest moment and thereby Zuma's bicycle kick. Zuma himself was invited by F.C. Copenhagen and attended Parken on 18 August 2013 where the unveiling of the monument took place. The monument was a relief of Zuma's bicycle kick.
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