Monnapule Saleng
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Monnapule Kenneth Saleng[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bloemhof, North West | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Orbit College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Free State Stars | 51 | (14) |
| 2021–2025 | Orlando Pirates | 52 | (21) |
| 2021–2022 | → Moroka Swallows (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Orbit College F.C.(loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2026– | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | South Africa | 15 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:29, 5 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
caps5 = 8 goals5 = 0 Monnapule Saleng (born 13 March 1998 ) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Mamelodi Sundowns F.C [2] and the South Africa national team.
He was named MTN 8 Last Man Standing and DSTV Premiership Players' Player Of The Season at the 2023 PSL Awards.
Orlando Pirates
Having started his career at Orbit College in the SAFA Second Division, Saleng joined Free State Stars in 2019.[3][4] He was the top scorer in the 2020–21 National First Division, scoring 13 goals in 29 matches.[5][4]
Saleng signed for South African Premier Division club Orlando Pirates in July 2021, but spent the 2021–22 season on loan at Moroka Swallows, where he scored twice in 22 league appearances.[6] He returned to Pirates for the 2022–23 season, where he became a first-team regular, scoring five goals in eight matches in the opening half of the season.[7] He was loaned to former club Orbit College during the first half of the 2025/26 season after they got promoted to the premiership.[8]
Mamelodi Sundowns
In January 2026 Saleng signed for South African Premier Division club Mamelodi Sundowns.[9]
International career
Saleng was part of the South Africa squad at the 2021 COSAFA Cup, starting in the opening 1–0 victory against Botswana.[10] In total, he made 6 appearances as South Africa won the tournament.[1][11]
In November 2022, Saleng was included in the South Africa squad for two friendly fixtures against Angola and Mozambique.[7]