Percy Tau
South African footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Percy Muzi Tau (born 13 May 1994) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the South Africa national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Percy Muzi Tau[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 29)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Witbank, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al Ahly | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2018 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 65 | (18) |
2015–2016 | → Witbank Spurs (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2018–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Union SG (loan) | 23 | (6) |
2019–2020 | → Club Brugge (loan) | 18 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 14 | (4) |
2021– | Al Ahly | 82 | (22) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | South Africa | 49 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024 |
Tau began his footballing career with Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns where he made 100 appearances either side of a loan to Witbank Spurs. During his time with Sundowns, he won the league title twice and the CAF Champions League once and was named Footballer of the Year and joint-top-goalscorer in his final season with the club.
Tau joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018 but, due to work-permit complications, was loaned out to Belgian side Union SG with whom he won the Proximus League Player of the Season award. His form earned him a short-term move to Club Brugge, where he won a league winners' medal the following season, before being loaned out for a third consecutive season when he signed for rivals Anderlecht in 2020.
Tau signed for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly in 2021 on a two-year contract. He became the highest scoring South African in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2023 when he scored his third goal of the competition.