Tando Velaphi
Velaphi training with Melbourne Victory in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tando Yuji Velaphi | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shonan Bellmare | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Perth SC | |||
| 2004–2006 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Perth SC | 12 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Queensland Roar (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Perth Glory | 74 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Melbourne City | 22 | (0) |
| 2016– | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Australia U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | Australia U-23 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2010 |
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Tando Yuji Velaphi (born 17 April 1987) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a goalkeeper for Shonan Bellmare in the J-League.
Velaphi trained at the AIS in Canberra on a football scholarship.
He began his senior career at Perth SC, and while there, had loan stints at Newcastle Jets and Queensland Roar.
He made his A-League debut with Queensland on 12 January 2007 in a 2–1 win over Melbourne Victory at Docklands Stadium, his performance in the match earning praise from then-Queensland coach Frank Farina.
Velaphi was re-signed for Perth Glory as their youth marquee player, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2010–11 season. The 2009–10 season was Tando's best, solidifying his spot between the posts and keeping 9 clean sheets over the course of the campaign.
On 8 February 2011, Melbourne Victory announced that they had signed Velaphi on a two-year deal from Perth Glory on a free transfer. He made his début for the Victory in the 2011 AFC Champions League on 5 April, in a 1–1 draw against Tianjin Teda. He managed to play 4 out of the Victory's 6 Asian Champions League games. Unfortunately for Tando, he suffered an injury in the pre-season, just after the AFC Champions League, causing him to sit out for the vast majority of the season. He made his official A-League debut for the Victory in Round 26, the penultimate round of the season against the Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park, a match in which the Victory won 3-0. He appeared in the following round against Perth Glory at Nib Stadium, but the Victory slumped to a 4-2 defeat.
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