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Siphiwe Tshabalala

1984 - Today

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Lawrence Siphiwe Tshabalala (; born 25 September 1984) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He is considered to be one of the most well-known and decorated South African soccer players of his generation. He was the first player to make his international debut while still playing in the National First Division. At 90 caps, he is the second most capped player of the South African national team and played at three African Cup of Nations editions and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, at which he scored the opening goal of the tournament on 11 June 2010; the goal was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Siphiwe Tshabalala is the 6,210th most popular soccer player (up from 6,344th in 2024), the 208th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 219th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 6,210 out of 21,273. Before him are Cris, Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Yuta Hashimura, Andrés Scotti, Esteban Vigo, and Mustafa El Haddaoui. After him are Hiroshi Ichihara, Daniel Fernandes, Labid Khalifa, Vedran Runje, Sunil Chhetri, and Igor Korneev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 209. Before him are Doda, Aarthi Agarwal, He Jiankui, Álvaro Bautista, Camila Bordonaba, and Hannes Þór Halldórsson. After him are Sunil Chhetri, Alex Scott, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Anthony Johnson, Jackson Rathbone, and Aram Mp3.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 208 out of 454. Before him are Bruce Johnstone (1937), Francois Botha (1968), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), and Liezel Huber (1976). After him are Roland Schoeman (1980), Sol Plaatje (1876), Guy Tunmer (1948), Cameron Norrie (1995), Cliff Drysdale (1941), and Trevor Blokdyk (1935).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Siphiwe Tshabalala ranks 4. Before him are Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Gordon Hodgson (1904), and Dimas (1969). After him are Steven Pienaar (1982), Benni McCarthy (1977), Mark González (1984), Phil Masinga (1969), Hans Vonk (1970), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Lucas Radebe (1969), and Aaron Mokoena (1980).

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