Tapelo Xoki
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Thapelo Nyongo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1995 | ||
| 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) |
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* 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Xoki made his debut for the senior South Africa national team on 21 March 2024 in a friendly against Andorra.[6]
Honours
[edit | edit source]South Africa
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023[7]
References
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- South African men's soccer players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- People from the City of Cape Town
- Men's association football defenders
- AmaZulu F.C. players
- Orlando Pirates F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- National First Division players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African soccer defender stubs