Siboniso Gaxa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Siboniso Gaxa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Induna Lotz | |||
| 2001–2002 | NMMU | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | Supersport United | 131 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 45 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Lierse | 43 | (0) |
| 2012– | Kaizer Chiefs | 87 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | South Africa U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | South Africa U20 | 17 | (0) |
| 2005– | South Africa | 55 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2015. | |||
Siboniso Gaxa Zulu pronunciation: [ˈɡɑːǁɑː] (born 6 April 1984 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African football defender who currently plays for Kaizer Chiefs F.C. and South Africa.
Personal
He hails from KwaMashu, Durban. He was given the nickname "Pa" which is shortened from "Papa" which means "father" because when was a child he behaved like an adult. He was always very mature.
Club career
Gaxa attended the University of Port Elizabeth, which at that time had a football team controlled by Danish side F.C. Copenhagen. However, he was not one of the in total three players, Elrio van Heerden, Lee Langeveldt and Bongumusa Mthethwa, who made it from the FCK-UPE Academy to F.C. Copenhagen. He is managed by ExtraTime S.L..
In 2002, he moved to Supersport United, where he stayed for six seasons, before joining Mamelodi Sundowns in 2008. In 2010 he moved to Belgian club Lierse. After the 2011–12 season, he was released by the team. On 15 May 2012 Gaxa signed a three-year contract for Kaizer Chiefs with the option to renew for one year.[2]
International career
Gaxa made his international debut in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde on 4 June 2005. He was part of South Africa's squad at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2006 African Cup of Nations, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | |||||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| League | ||||||||||||
| 2001–02 | NMMU | 29 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Supersport United | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Supersport United | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | Supersport United | 25 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Supersport United | 27 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Supersport United | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Supersport United | 28 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 26 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Lierse | 19 | 0 |
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| 2011–12 | Lierse | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Kaizer Chiefs | 26 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Kaizer Chiefs | 25 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Kaizer Chiefs | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career total | 314 | 14 | ||||||||||
Honours
Supersport United
- MTN 8 – 2004
- Nedbank Cup – 2005
- Premier Soccer League – 2007/08
Kaizer Chiefs
- Premier Soccer League – 2012/13
Premier Soccer League – 2014/15
- Nedbank Cup – 2013
- Carling Black Label – 2013
- MTN 8 – 2014
References
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 28. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Siboniso Gaxa leaves Lierse for Kaizer Chiefs". Lierse official site. 15 May 2012.
External links
- Siboniso Gaxa – FIFA competition record
- Siboniso Gaxa at National-Football-Teams.com
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