Jacob Lekgetho
| Jacob Lekgetho | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | March 24, 1974 | |
| place of birth | Soweto , South Africa | |
| date of death | September 9, 2008 | |
| Place of death | Johannesburg , South Africa | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | Left-back | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1995-2001 | Moroka Swallows | 150 (9) |
| 2001-2004 | Moscow locomotive | 76 (3) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2000-2004 | South Africa | 25 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Jacob "Bobo" Lekgetho (born March 24, 1974 in Soweto , † September 9, 2008 in Johannesburg ) was a South African football player .
During his career he played for Moroka Swallows and Lokomotiv Moscow, among others . With Moscow he took part in the Champions League 2003/2004 . The defender was active for Lok for a total of four years . On September 9, 2008, Lekgetho died after a long illness.
National team
With the South African national team he took part in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea . There he was only used in the preliminary round game against Spain and could not prevent his team from being eliminated in the group stage.
He also took part in the 2004 Africa Cup . There he played all three of the team's games in the preliminary round, but here too it ended early. Since 2004 he has not been appointed to the national team. He ran 26 times for the national team.
False death report 2007
On February 19, 2007, reports about an alleged death of Lekgozo appeared in various Russian daily newspapers and websites. Accordingly, he should have been killed in a car accident in Cape Town . National mass media heard of the story and circulated it. A day after reporting confirmed Rusfootball that this is a hoax was.
swell
- ↑ Former Bafana player dies , iol.co.za, September 9, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Former Bafana star passes away ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , football365.co.za, September 9, 2008 (English)
- ↑ Jacob Lekgetho dies ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KickOff.com, September 9, 2008 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lekgetho, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lekgetho, Bobo (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soweto |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2008 |
| Place of death | Johannesburg |