| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kwandakwensizwa Ishmael Mngonyama | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | AmaZulu | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Bidvest Wits (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | → Maritzburg United (loan) | 72 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Cape Town City | 21 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Maritzburg United | 25 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Orlando Pirates | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Moroka Swallows | 36 | (0) |
| 2024– | AmaZulu | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | South Africa Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | South Africa U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | South Africa | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2021 | |||
Kwandakwensizwa Ishmael Mngonyama (born 25 September 1993) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for AmaZulu.
In 2021 he switched from Maritzburg United to the Orlando Pirates.
He has the ability to play across the back four although most often plays as a centre-back at club level and right-back at international level.
He made his international debut for South Africa in May 2015, and also played in the 2015 COSAFA Cup, bringing his cap tally to 6. He was then a squad member for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Honours
- Bidvest Wits F.C.
Runners-up
Champions
- MTN 8: 2018
Cape Town City
References
- Kwanda Mngonyama at Soccerway
- Dindi, Sithembiso. "Maritzburg United's Shandu and Mngonyama join Pirates". Witness. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- Kwanda Mngonyama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kwanda Mngonyama at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Durban
- South African men's soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Durban City F.C. (2024) players
- Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players
- Orlando Pirates F.C. players
- Moroka Swallows F.C. players
- AmaZulu F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for South Africa
- South Africa men's A' international soccer players
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
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