Sibongiseni Mthethwa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Estcourt, South Africa[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Royal Eagles | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Black Leopards | 42 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Stellenbosch | 41 | (0) |
| 2023– | Kaizer Chiefs | 45 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | South Africa | 13 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 July 2023 | |||
Sibongiseni "Ox" Mthethwa (born 20 September 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League.
Playing for the Black Leopards and being relegated from the 2020-21 South African Premier Division,[2] Mthethwa was signed by first-tier team Stellenbosch in the winter of 2022.[3]
Following a good start of the 2022-23 South African Premier Division campaign, he was suggested for a callup to Bafana Bafana. Only three Stellenbosch players had been called up before, these being Athenkosi Mcaba, Antonio van Wyk and Jayden Adams.[4][5] The callup came for two friendly matches in September 2022.[6] He featured in one of the games, against Botswana. Mthethwa was subsequently called up to the 2023 COSAFA Cup as well.[1]
Nearing the end of the season, several clubs were linked with buying Mthethwa, including Kaizer Chiefs[7] and AmaZulu.[8] Stellenbosch manager Steve Barker was reluctant to sell to a South African club, but was "not going to stand in the way when a European team comes in for one of our players, and he's got an opportunity to play at a higher level".[7]
On 21 September 2023, with just two days remaining of the transfer window, Mthethwa signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal.[9]
