Anele Ngcongca
South African footballer
Calvin Anele Ngcongca (21 October 1987 – 23 November 2020) was a South African professional footballer. He played for AmaZulu before his death.[3][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Calvin Anele Ngcongca[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
Date of death | 23 November 2020[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
Aces United | |||
FC Fortune | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | FC Fortune | 60 | (5) |
2007–2016 | Genk | 223 | (8) |
2015–2016 | → Troyes (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2016–2020 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 42 | (1) |
2020 | → AmaZulu (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2016 | South Africa | 53 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2015 |
He made 53 appearances for the national team between 2009 to 2016.
On 23 November 2020, Ngcongca died in a car accident on the N2 highway in KwaZulu-Natal at the age of 33.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Anele Ngcongca". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Anele Ngcongca dies – Enca". Enca. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "MTN Football Page has moved". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Ngcongca urges other South Africans to play abroad". BBC Sport. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2018-03-28.