Former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Lebogang Manyama has retired from professional football because of injuries at the age of 32.
Manyama, who was born in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, announced his retirenent from the beautiful game on Friday morning. He made his professional debut for Ajax Cape Town in 2010.
“After being miraculously misdiagnosed with MCL and meniscus tear when in fact I had torn my ACL and made it worse whilst rehabilitating the wrong places, today marks a very sad day for me as I have to call time on my football chapter as a player but it’s one I take with my head held up high because never did I think I would be so blessed to showcase my talent and meet so many wonderful souls along the way, and for that, I want to thank my family for the undying support from when I was a lil’ boy kicking about in Alex and thanks to all the junior teams I played for in Alex N and Balfour Park football club, secondly I would like to thank @map__gamesalex @cmaphalla @therealpitsomosimane for the opportunity. FC Alex, without you, there’s no Lebogang Manyama,” Manyama said.
“I would like to thank Cape Town Spurs, Cape Town City, Mpumalanga Black Aces, SuperSport United, Kaizer Chiefs and everyone associated with these wonderful institutions for the opportunity. I enjoyed all of it the good and bad days, the ups and downs (but at the) end of the day, life memories and bonds were made.”
Manyama, who played 17 times for Bafana Bafana and scored one goal, was once on the books of Chiefs, Konyaspor in Turkey, Citizens, Aces, Matsatsantsa a Pitori and Ajax.
