Tshegofatso_Mabaso
Tshegofatso Mabaso
South African soccer player
Tshegofatso John Mabasa (born 1 October 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Orlando Pirates.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tshegofatso John Mabasa | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando Pirates | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bloemfontein Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 49 | (9) |
| 2019– | Orlando Pirates | 59 | (26) |
| 2022–2023 | → Sekhukhune United (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Moroka Swallows (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| South Africa U23 | |||
| 2017– | South Africa | 6 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 | |||
Club
Born in Bloemfontein,[1] Mabaso's first career club was Bloemfontein Celtic.[2][3] He made his first-team debut during a 2014 Telkom Knockout encounter with AmaZulu on 4 October, which was followed by his professional league debut in the South African Premier Division in May 2015 versus Free State Stars.[2] In total, he made thirty-one appearances for the club in his first four seasons; during which time he also scored his first senior goals, netting in Telkom Knockout ties with Platinum Stars and Polokwane City in November 2017.[2] His first goal in league action arrived on 5 August 2018 in a 2–0 win over Chippa United.
In the 2023/24 season he finished as a top goal scorer in the league while playing for Orlando Pirates
International
Mabaso has represented South Africa at senior level, winning his first cap during a 2018 African Nations Championship qualifier with Zambia on 19 August 2017.[4][5] He had previously featured for the South Africa under-23s.[6]
Club
- As of 17 September 2018.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other[lower-alpha 3] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bloemfontein Celtic | 2014–15 | Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |||
- Includes the Nedbank Cup
- Includes the Telkom Knockout
- Includes the MTN 8
- "Tshegofatso Mabaso". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Tshegofatso Mabaso at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- "Bloemfontein Celtic's Tshegofatso Mabaso finishes top scorer in MultiChoice Diski Challenge". Kick Off. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Tshegofatso Mabaso". World Football. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Baxter announces Bafana Bafana squad for Chan qualifier tie against Zambia". Goal. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Mabaso aims to be Bafana regular". Daily Sun. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.