South African soccer player

Mpho Makola (born 4 May 1986) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Cape Town City. He previously played for Free State Stars and Orlando Pirates, before being transferred to Cape Town City in 2019.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career statistics
• 3 International career
  • 3.1 International goals
• 4 References

Early life

Makola was born and raised in Alexandra and attended school in Yeoville Community Primary School and Barnato Park High School where he was a sports all rounder. He joined the Kaizer Chiefs academy in 1999 from Alex Sheffield. By the age of 15, Makola became his family's main breadwinner and took care of his mother and six siblings. As a teenager, Makola consumed drugs and hung around gangsters and nearly joined a hijacking syndicate. He later played for Vaal University of Technology and earned R900 a month.

Career statistics

As of 30 January 2018

International career

He scored on his international debut against Senegal in an international friendly on 8 September 2015.

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.

References