Marks Maponyane

Marks Maponyane (born 16 February 1962)[1] is a retired South African football player.

Marks Maponyane

Personal information
Full name	Marks Maponyane
Date of birth	16 February 1962
Place of birth	Daveyton, South Africa
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Shamrocks
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1991	Kaizer Chiefs	192	(85)
1987	Vitoria Setubal	7	(9)
1991–1992	Dynamos	31	(13)
1992–1996	Orlando Pirates	136	(40)
1996–1998	Wits University	74	(30)
Total		433	(168)
National team
1992–1995	South Africa	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kaizer Chiefs

Maponyane joined Chiefs when he was 19 and started off by earning R600 a month. He scored on debut on 12 April 1981 against Leceister City in Eldorardo.[2] He is the only player to win Footballer of the Year three times, he won the award in 1984 and 1987 with Chiefs. He captained the club from 1985 to 1988. He is Kaizer Chiefs all-time top goalscorer with 85 goals.[1] He had a 7-month spell with Vitoria Setubal. His teammates couldn't speak English but only his coach Stuart Baxter could. When the season ended and everyone was leaving, he left for South Africa and never came back.[2] He also went on a 3-month trial to Grasshopper Zurich with Fani Madida during his spell.[1] Maponyane left Chiefs for Dynamos in 1991.

In 1993, he joined Orlando Pirates from which he won 1994 league title and African Champions league in 1995.[3]

He also had a full-time job at Premier Milling. He started working for Adidas in 1984 and later had sponsorship deals and endorsements with them.[2]

Personal life

He has been married since 1985 and has two sons, Katlego, and Masego.[4] Masego, was voted Cosmopolitan Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year[1] Katlego is a snowboarder, and was one of the seven year old children selected in 1992 as part of the South African version of the Up Series.[2][5]

International career

Maponyane made his debut for Bafana Bafana on 16 August 1992 in a 4-1 loss to Zimbabwe in an AFCON qualifier coming in the 52nd minute for Shane McGregor. He scored his first goal in his third international match in the 6th minute against Zimbabwe in an AFCON qualifier on 26 April 1993 but Benjamin Nkonjera equalised in the 82nd minute to make it 1-1. He scored his second and last goal for South Africa on 26 November 1994 in a 2-1 win over Ghana in the 11th minute. He played his last international on 26 April 1995 in a 3-1 win over Lesotho.[6]

After Retirement

Maponyane hails from Meadowlands in Soweto. He is currently an analyst at SABC and was South Africa's analyst during the FIFA World Cup in 2006. He is also the Sales Executive at Adidas South Africa.

He has been a motivational speaker since his spell at Chiefs since 1989. His has done motivational talks at Toyota and Nissan SA.[1]

Nickname

He is also known by his nickname "Go Man Go"[7]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 April 1993	FNB Stadium, South Africa	Zimbabwe	1-0	1-1	AFCON qualifier
2	26 November 1994	Loftus Versfeld, South Africa	Ghana	1-0	2-1	Simba Cup

References

1. "Marks Maponyane - Sports and Motivational Speaker". Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. Gemmell, Dave (13 September 2008). "Maponyane, goal machine". davegemmell.co.za. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
3. "Orlando Pirates 1995 CAF Champions League". Kick Off. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
4. "Marks Maponyane and son Maps". DRUM. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
5. "28 Up South Africa: TV review - a fascinating insight into lives". The Independent. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
6. Nikulski, Dirk; Tabeira, Martín (28 May 2006). "South Africa - International Matches 1992-1995". rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
7. "Marks 'Go Man Go' Maponyane". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)