Mario Booysen
South African football defender
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Mario Booysen (born 15 August 1988) is a South African professional soccer player who last played as a defender for Amazulu in the South African Premier Division.
Full name
Mario John Booysen
Date of birth
15 August 1988
Place of birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario John Booysen | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bluegum United | |||
| –2007 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Ajax Cape Town | 4 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bloemfontein Celtic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Maritzburg United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → SuperSport United (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | SuperSport United | 17 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Maritzburg United | 56 | (6) |
| 2014–2017 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | → SuperSport United (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → SuperSport United (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Ajax Cape Town | 17 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Kaizer Chiefs | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | AmaZulu | 26 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | South Africa | 7 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 October 2022 | |||
International career
Booysen was selected in the South Africa senior team preliminary squad for the 2016 CHAN qualifier against Angola on 17 October 2015.[1]
Personal life
His younger brother David Booysen is also a footballer.[2]
