Benson Mhlongo

Benson Mhlongo
Personnel
Surname	Benson Simphiwe Mhlongo
birthday	November 9, 1980
place of birth	Alexandra ,  South Africa
size	181 cm
position	Defense , midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	Megawatt park
	Alexandra Parma
	Supersport United
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-1999	Alexandra United	15 (0)
1999-2000	City Sharks	8 (0)
2000-2001	SuperSport United	0 (0)
2001-2005	Wits University	55 (9)
2005-2008	Mamelodi Sundowns	76 (4)
2008–2012	Orlando Pirates	41 (4)
2012-2014	Platinum Stars	49 (2)
2014-2015	Polokwane City FC	12 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2003-2009	South Africa	37 (1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Benson Mhlongo (born November 9, 1980 in Alexandra , Johannesburg ) is a former South African football player .

Club career

Mhlongo learned to play football on the streets of his Alexandra township . After stints with the second division team Alexandra United and City Sharks , he joined the first division team Wits University in 2001 . Mhlongo stayed with the Wits until 2005, when the club was relegated from the Premier Soccer League , the greatest success during this time was reaching the finals in the ABSA Cup 2005, where they lost 1-0 to Supersport United .

Mhlongo joined the Mamelodi Sundowns after relegation and was on the defensive one of the key players of the Brazilians in the two championship titles of 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he left the club after his contract extension at the Sundowns dragged on for weeks, and moved to a free transfer the Orlando Pirates . While Mhlongo was mainly used in central defense at Mamelodi, he mostly played in defensive midfield, his preferred position for the Pirates. In 2011 and 2012 he won the championship with the Pirates, but was hardly ever used.

National team

Mhlongo made his debut for the South African national team in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in June 2003 . In 2004 and 2008 he was part of the squad for the African Cup of Nations , but was eliminated with his team in the preliminary round. In May 2009, Mhlongo was named to the provisional squad for the Confederations Cup in their own country.

successes

at club level:

• South African Champion: 2005/06, 2006/07 (with the Mamelodi Sundowns), 2010/11, 2011/12 (with the Orlando Pirates)
• SAA Supa 8 : 2007 (with the Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Nedbank Cup : 2008 (with the Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Telkom Charity Cup : 2009 (with the Orlando Pirates)

Web links

• Benson Mhlongo in the database of weltfussball.de
• Benson Mhlongo in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ thetimes.co.za: 30 seconds with Benson Mhlongo (May 24, 2009)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.