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Full name
  
Thabo Matlaba

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.69 m

Name
  
Thabo Matlaba

Weight
  
62 kg

Playing position
  
Left-back

Role
  
Football player

Career start
  
2010

Number
  
8

Nationality
  
South African



Date of birth
  
(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 27)

Current teams
  
South Africa national football team (Defender), Orlando Pirates (#8 / Defender)

Similar People
  
Oupa Manyisa, Kermit Erasmus, Siyabonga Sangweni, Patrick Phungwayo, Thandani Ntshumayelo

Place of birth
  
Tembisa, South Africa

Thabo matlaba


Thabo "Festival" Matlaba (born 13 December 1987 in Tembisa, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) defender for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates. He is known for his long range shots with both his feet. Although he plays mostly as a left back, Matlaba is naturally right-footed.

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International career

He made his debut for South Africa on 14 May 2011 versus Tanzania in an international friendly.

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Matlaba scored his first international goal with a 40-yard (37 m) drive in a World Cup qualifier against the Central African Republic on 23 March 2013.

International goals

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Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.

References

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