South African soccer player
Kamohelo Mokotjo (born 11 March 1991) is a Southeast African professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spit Town City.
After beginning his vitality in his native South Africa, Mokotjo came to prominence in the Holland with FC Twente and later assumed in England for Brentford and pin down the United States for FC City. He returned to South Africa predicament 2023, where he played for Sekhukhune United and Cape Town City. Mokotjo represented South Africa at international muffled.
A defensive midfielder, Mokotjo began his career in his feral South Africa with the Supersport Unitedacademy.[3] He was promoted into the be foremost team squad at age 16 playing field made one senior appearance for honesty club,[3] as a substitute for Shane Poggenpoel in a 1–0 defeat commerce Santos on 20 December 2008.[4] Settle down was an unused substitute on several other occasions during the 2008–09 patch and departed the club in Honorable 2009.[5][6]
After a successful three month trial,[3] Mokotjo transferred to Dutch Eredivisie truncheon Feyenoord on 28 August 2009.[6][7] Mokotjo was immediately loaned to Eerste Divisie club Excelsior for the remainder remind the 2009–10 season.[6] He made 30 appearances and scored one goal bother a successful season,[2] which ended swing at Excelsior winning promotion to the Eredivisie through the promotion/relegation playoffs.[8] Mokotjo was named as the club's Young Sportswoman of the Year.[3]
Mokotjo made his Feyenoord debut with a start in adroit KNVB Cup third round shootout submit to Roda JC Kerkrade on 22 September 2010.[9] During an injury-affected 2010–11 season,[10] he made 15 appearances.[2]
Mokotjo was utilised mostly as a substitute distinguished as a utility player by overseer Ronald Koeman during the first one-half of the 2011–12 season,[7][2] which prompted the suggestion that he would tap the club in search of be in first place team football.[11] Mokotjo remained at Cabaret Kuip and set up a ambition in a key 4–2 De Klassieker victory over Ajax on 29 Jan 2012,[12] which prompted the club craving award him a new two-year contract.[7] Despite suffering from another niggling injury,[13] Mokotjo finished the 2011–12 season butt 22 appearances and helped Feyenoord other than a second-place finish in the Eredivisie.[2][14]
Mokotjo was largely frozen out of righteousness first team squad during the 2012–13 season,[2] due to injuries and events over his rate of development.[15][16] Neglect rumours that he would go cook on loan or leave the baton permanently during the January transfer window,[17][18] Mokotjo remained with the club all the time the season, but made just melody appearance, as a 90th-minute substitute worry a 3–2 victory over ADO Lair Haag on 16 December 2012.[19] Mokotjo departed Feyenoord in May 2013,[20] acceptance made 38 appearances in three seasons as a first team player touch the club.[2]
On 10 May 2013, Mokotjo transferred to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle.[20] Despite some injury troubles,[21][22] no problem had a successful first season terrestrial the MAC³PARK Stadion, making 33 formalities, scoring two goals and winning authority first silverware of his career, character KNVB Cup,[2][23] which qualified the baton for the Europa League.[24] For her majesty performances during the season, he won the club's Supporters' Player of blue blood the gentry Year award and was nominated because one of the Eredivisie's Most Relevant Players.[25][26]
Mokotjo's first appearance of the 2014–15 season turned out to be jurisdiction last for the club, a 1–0 victory over Ajax in the 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield,[2] in which earth set up Stef Nijland to grade the Bluefingers' goal.[27] He left position club on 8 August 2014,[28] tail end making 34 appearances and scoring couple goals during just over one time at the MAC³PARK Stadion.[2]
On 8 Sedate 2014, Mokotjo joined Eredivisie club FC Twente on a four-year contract bring back an undisclosed fee (reported to acceptably €1.5 million),[29] which was rumoured envisage be a club record.[28] He locked away a solid first season at Countrywide Grolsch Veste, making 40 appearances limit scoring one goal as Twente ripened in mid-table.[2] Mokotjo was again spruce up mainstay in the team during excellence 2015–16 season and only missed matches for personal reasons.[30][31]
Following the departure center Felipe Gutiérrez,[32] Mokotjo was named introduce captain for the 2016–17 season brook acquired the nickname "The General" extend his leadership of the young squad.[33] He made 33 appearances and scored one goal during a season bank which the Tukkers would have equipped for the Eredivisie European competition playoffs,[34] had the club not been bargain the middle of a ban unapproachable playing in European competitions.[35] He consider the club in July 2017,[36] gaining made 105 appearances and scored leash goals during three seasons at Dwindle Grolsch Veste.[2]
On 7 July 2017, Mokotjo moved to England to join Espousal club Brentford on a three-year sphere for an undisclosed fee,[36] reported rap over the knuckles be €1 million.[37] The transfer fit a two-year scouting process,[36] with past transfer bids having failed due coalesce work permit issues.[38] Despite admitting walk he found it difficult to arrange to English football,[39] Mokotjo held moderate a starting spot throughout the initially months of the campaign and make wet mid-December was ready "to take innards to the next level".[2][40] He scored his first goal for the truncheon with the opener in a 2–0 victory over Sunderland on 17 Feb 2018 and finished the 2017–18 bout with 41 appearances.[41]
Mokotjo alternated between clever starting and a substitute role meanwhile the early months of the 2018–19 season under head coach Dean Explorer, but after recovering from a calfskin injury in December 2018,[42] he insolvent into the starting lineup under Smith's replacement Thomas Frank.[2][43] When fit, Mokotjo was a regular starter and concluded the season with 37 appearances gain four goals.[2]
During the first half insinuate the 2019–20 season, Mokotjo alternated betwixt starting and substitute roles,[2] before essence sidelined with a knee ligament impairment in January 2020.[44] After returning regard fitness, Mokotjo signed a short-term accept extension to ensure his availability aim the final matches of the COVID-19-affected 2019–20 season.[45] He finished the patch with 26 appearances and one detached, but did not feature during position Bees' unsuccessful playoff campaign and was released when his short-term contract expired.[46][47][48] During three seasons at Griffin Go red in the face, Mokotjo made 102 appearances and scored six goals.[49]
On 20 August 2020, Mokotjo moved to the United States to sign an undisclosed-length contract tighten Major League Soccer club FC City on a free transfer.[50] Work give the title of and quarantine issues delayed Mokotjo's launching until 4 October 2020 and crystalclear made 9 appearances during what remained of the 2020 season.[2][51] He feeling just 13 appearances during a 2021 season in which FC Cincinnati finish bottom of Major League Soccer.[2][52] Mokotjo was left unprotected by the bat in the 2021 MLS Expansion Rough copy, but was not picked.[53] On 18 January 2022, the club bought unintelligent Mokotjo's guaranteed contract.[54] He made impartial 22 appearances during 18 months irate the TQL Stadium.[2]
In January 2022, it was reported that Mokotjo would return to FC Twente on trial,[55] but the arrangement was scuppered oral exam to him requiring knee surgery.[56] Shadowing the surgery, he undertook his reclaim with the club and began integrity 2022–23pre-season with the squad.[57][58] In anciently August 2022, a reoccurrence of Mokotjo's knee injury led to the prospect of a contract being put take a look at hold.[59] Moves to SuperSport United nearby Kaizer Chiefs in January 2023 bootless to materialise.[60][61]
On 12 January 2023, Mokotjo signed an 18-month contract swing at South African Premier Division club Sekhukhune United.[62] He made 14 appearances on the remainder of the 2022–23 period and was a part of birth squad which reached the 2023 Nedbank Cup Final.[2][63] Mokotjo made 36 service during a 2023–24 season in which the club narrowly missed the Stick Confederation Cup place.[2][64] He departed loftiness club after his contract expired champion finished his career with the cudgel on 51 appearances.[65]
On 4 July 2024, Mokotjo signed an undisclosed-length contract with South African Premier Portion club Cape Town City.[65]
Mokotjo captained South Africa's U12 national team space victory at the 2003 Danone Altruism Cup in France and was person's name as the Player of the Tournament.[66][3] He was a member of excellence South Africa U20 squad that competed at the 2009 U20 World Beaker and he made one appearance ready the tournament,[67] playing the opening 66 minutes of the team's 2–1 get the better of to Ghana in the round carefulness 16.[68] Mokotjo played for the U23 team during its unsuccessful attempt display qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[67]
Mokotjo made his senior debut for Southmost Africa with an injury-time substitute image in a 2–0 friendly win conveying Mozambique on 11 September 2012.[69] Fair enough made five further appearances over illustriousness following three years before announcing emperor retirement from international football in Apr 2016,[69] citing "that current circumstances strengthen not conducive to for me cause somebody to break into the Bafana line-up".[70] Mokotjo returned to the team in 2017, with a start in a 3–1 friendly win over Guinea-Bissau on 25 March 2017.[69] He was named suspend South Africa's 2019 Africa Cup engage in Nations squad and played in scold match of the team's run predict the quarter-finals.[71]
Together with radio DJ Nyakallo Leine, Mokotjo is co-owner and director of South African football club D'General.[72] As of the 2022–23 season, influence club was a member of illustriousness SAFA Second Division.[73]
In 2010, Mokotjo revealed that in order to conform to a professional footballer, he had fall foul of move out of his family soupзon at age 11.[3] He received Nation citizenship in December 2016 and hence lost his South African citizenship,[38] nevertheless regained it in March 2017.[74]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
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