Sinoxolo Kwayiba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Gqeberha, South Africa | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chippa United | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Pretoria Callies | 24 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Chippa United | 36 | (10) |
| 2025–2026 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | (0) |
| 2026– | Chippa United | 9 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | South Africa | 3 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Sinoxolo Kwayiba (born 15 February 2000) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Chippa United in the South African Premier Division and the South Africa national team.
He hails from Motherwell near Gqeberha. After playing in the 2022–23 National First Division with Pretoria Callies, he was signed by Premier Division side Chippa United in the summer of 2023. Reportedly, Polokwane City had also been interested in the player.[1] He made his first-tier debut in the 2023–24 South African Premier Division.[2]
In the summer of 2024, Kwayiba was named in South Africa's squad for the 2024 COSAFA Cup.[3] He started their first match against Mozambique, and had a large chance to score in the closing minutes of the game, but South Africa were held to a draw.[4] Kwayiba also played the match against Botswana.[5]
Having made his breakthrough in the latter half of the 2023–24 season, Kwayiba started 9 of Chippa United's last 11 league games. He also helped Chippa United reach the semi-final of the 2023–24 Nedbank Cup. In May 2024, he was named the Premier Division Player of the Month for April. He was described as a versatile midfielder, a "a box-to-box player" who could play the roles of number 6, 8 or 10. Towards the end of the summer transfer window, South African media wrote about rumours linking Kwayiba to a larger South African club.[6][7][8][9]
In his first four matches of the 2024–25 South African Premier Division, Kwayiba was named "man of the match" in two.[10] He was also named in South Africa's preliminary squad as the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification resumed in October 2024, but was cut from the final squad.[11]
In June of 2025 Sinoxolo was announced as one of the new signings for Orlando Pirates.
