Lerato Chabangu

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Lerato Chabangu
Personnel
birthday August 15, 1985
place of birth Tembisa ,  South Africa
size 178 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
Supersport United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2005 Tuks FC 32 (12)
2005-2009 Mamelodi Sundowns 81 (14)
2009 Supersport United 9 0(0)
2009-2010 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 0(0)
2011– Moroka Swallows 102 (15)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
South Africa U-20
2005– South Africa 31 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 23, 2015

2 As of February 23, 2015

Lerato Chabangu (born August 15, 1985 in Tembisa ) is a South African football player who has played for the Moroka Swallows since 2011 .

Career

The 1.78-meter-tall striker began his career in Supersport United's youth , before joining Tuks FC , the University of Pretoria's soccer team, in 2003 . In his first season, he played twelve league games and scored three goals. He played 20 league games in his second and final year for Pretoria and scored a total of nine times.

After these two years at the University of Pretoria, he moved to the first division club Mamelodi Sundowns , with which he was under contract for five years. In the 2004/05 season he played seven league games and scored two goals. He completed 13 goalless league games in the next 2005/06 season. In the following 2006/07 season, he was used in 28 league games and promoted the ball six times into the gate. He played 23 league games in the 2007/08 season and scored six goals during the season. In his senior year for the Mamelodi Sundowns, he made ten goalless league games.

In the winter break of the 2008/09 season he moved to league rivals and his old youth club Supersport United , where he was under contract until the end of the season (9 games / no goal). The 2009/10 season he spent again at his old club Mamelodi Sundowns , where he was only used twice by the end of the season. For the second half of the 2010/11 season Chabangu moved to the Moroka Swallows , in which he played six goalless league games by the end of the season. In the 2011/12 season, 21 league appearances followed, but without scoring. He scored five goals each in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons. In the first season he completed 27 league games and in the second Chabangu was used 28 times. Since the 2012/13 season at the latest, Chabangu has been an integral part of the starting line-up thanks to his performances.

Since 2005 he has been a member of the South African national soccer team and so far has played 31 full international matches for his home country, in which he scored two goals.

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personal data
SURNAME Chabangu, Lerato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Tembisa , South Africa