SOCCER PLAYER

Senzo Meyiwa

1984 - 2014

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Senzo Robert Meyiwa (24 January 1984 – 26 October 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for and captained both Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League, and the South Africa national team. He was shot and killed in a home invasion on 26 October 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Senzo Meyiwa is the 17,222nd most popular soccer player (down from 15,584th in 2024), the 430th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular South African Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 17,222 out of 21,273. Before him are Franck Honorat, Michel Morganella, Kacper Urbański, Rafael Romo, Güven Yalçın, and Kyle Walker-Peters. After him are Taku Akahoshi, Osame Sahraoui, Roberto Cezar Lima Acunha, Gonzalo Escalante, Ahmad Nourollahi, and Jaime Castrillón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 1,337. Before him are Jennifer Pareja, Milan Michálek, Tan Xue, Kwoun Sun-tae, Keisuke Kimoto, and Ricardo Teixeira. After him are Taku Akahoshi, Kalki Koechlin, Brian Dabul, Sigamary Diarra, Lolo, and Christy Carlson Romano. Among people deceased in 2014, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 592. Before him are Kristof Goddaert, Sam Berns, Phillip Hughes, Sunanda Pushkar, Adrianne Wadewitz, and Misty Upham. After him are Simone Battle, U. Srinivas, Elliot Rodger, Stella Young, Dylan Tombides, and Aitzaz Hasan.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 430 out of 454. Before him are Bradley Carnell (1977), Zoleka Mandela (1980), Sarah Poewe (1983), Ryan Cox (1979), Itumeleng Khune (1987), and Dean Geyer (1986). After him are Leleti Khumalo (1970), Brendan Augustine (1971), Panagiotis Retsos (1998), Surprise Moriri (1980), Marius Corbett (1975), and Kagisho Dikgacoi (1984).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Senzo Meyiwa ranks 50. Before him are Shu-Aib Walters (1981), Jerry Sikhosana (1969), Willem Jackson (1972), MacDonald Mukansi (1975), Bradley Carnell (1977), and Itumeleng Khune (1987). After him are Brendan Augustine (1971), Panagiotis Retsos (1998), Surprise Moriri (1980), Kagisho Dikgacoi (1984), Calvin Marlin (1976), and Siboniso Gaxa (1984).

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