Mike Mangena
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1958 (age 63–64) | ||
Place of birth | Soweto, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1966–1967 | Chiawelo United Stars | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978 | Kaizer Chiefs B | ||
1978–1980 | Kaizer Chiefs | 27 | (9) |
1980 | Wits University (loan) | 30 | (12) |
1981–1984 | Wits University | 102 | (45) |
1984–1985 | Watford | 5 | (2) |
1985 | Bush Bucks | 34 | (25) |
1985–1986 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 18 | (7) |
1986–1988 | Moroka Swallows | 55 | (22) |
1988–1990 | Kaizer Chiefs | 68 | (34) |
Total | 339 | (156) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mike "Sporo" Mangena (born 1960)[1] is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Kaizer Chiefs.
Youth career[]
Mangena started playing soccer for at the age of 7.[2]
Kaizer Chiefs[]
Mangena was signed to the Chiefs reserves in 1978 and was promoted the same year. He moved to Wits University in 1980.[3]
Watford[]
He moved to Watford in 1984. He was a teammate of John Barnes and Mo Johnston under Graham Taylor.[4]
Bush Bucks[]
He was a teammate of Mlungisi Ngubane and older brother of Neil Tovey, Mark Tovey when he was the top goal scorer in the NPSL with 25 goals under Clive Barker.[5] He was edged by Ernest Mtawali to the 1985 Footballer of the Year award.[6]
Mamelodi Sundowns[]
Mangena joined Sundowns on 10 January 1986 for a record R40 000. He made his debut on 9 February 1986 in a 2--1 win over Bush Bucks. Mangena was part of the squad that travelled to watch the final in England. Sundowns played a 2--2 draw where Mangena scored a brace in a pre-match friendly against Crystal Palace reserves on 10 May 1986. Mangena was sold to Moroka Swallows on 8 June 1986.[7][8]
Kaizer Chiefs[]
He ended his short 12-year career at the age of 30 where he won the , JPS and Bob Save Super Bowl.[9]
After Retirement[]
Since 1990 he has worked as a soccer analyst at SABC;[10] and he is the owner of ,[11] a real estate business based in the historic Kliptown, Soweto.
In November 2018, Mangena was arrested after a drug manufacturing lab was found on his property.[12]
Personal life[]
Mangena was charged and arrested after a drug manufacturing plant was found in his house in Randfontein.[13]
References[]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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- ^ "Football legend Mike Mangena bust for drugs out on R50K bail". iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Dlamini, Penwell (22 November 2018). "Mike Mangena in jail over drugs find". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- Durban Bush Bucks players
- Association football forwards
- South African soccer players
- Sportspeople from Soweto