Tapelo Xoki

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Thapelo Xoki
Personal information
Birth name Thapelo Nyongo
Date of birth (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Khayelitsha, Greenpoint phase 2South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Orlando Pirates
Number 27
Youth career
–2012 Cape Town Liverpool
2012–2014 Old Mutual Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2022 AmaZulu 138 (9)
2022– Orlando Pirates 79 (8)
International career
2024– South Africa 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2024

Thapelo Xoki (born Thapelo Nyongo; 10 April 1995) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for South African Premier Division side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team.[1]

Early and personal life

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He was born in Khayelitsha in Cape Town.[2] He attended Thembelihle Senior Secondary School.[3]

He changed his surname from Nyongo to Xoki in 2019.[4]

Club career

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He started playing for Cape Town Liverpool before joining the Old Mutual Academy in Cape Town in 2012. He joined AmaZulu in 2014, signing his first professional contract lasting until summer 2017. On June 13, 2022, the defender made a move to the Soweto Giants, Orlando Pirates.[2][3][5]

International career

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Xoki made his debut for the senior South Africa national team on 21 March 2024 in a friendly against Andorra.[6]

Honours

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South Africa

References

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