Ephraim Mashaba

Ephraim Mashaba (born 6 August 1950) is a South African former soccer player and manager.

Ephraim Mashaba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-08-06) 6 August 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Soweto, South Africa[1]
Youth career
	Preston Brothers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Orlando Pirates
	Swaraj FC
	Moroka Swallows
Managerial career
	Vaal Reef Stars
	South Africa U20
1998–2002	South Africa U23
2002–2004	South Africa
2004	Black Leopards
2008–2010	Swaziland
	South Africa U23
2012–2014	South Africa U17
2014–2016	South Africa
2019	Witbank Spurs
Medal record Representing  South Africa (as manager) All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo 1999 Johannesburg[2] COSAFA Cup 2002 Blantyre / Durban[3] 2016 Windhoek[4]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Mashaba managed Vaal Reef Stars until the club was relegated from the South African top-tier.^[5]

He managed the South Africa national team, but was sacked from the team on the eve of the 2004 African Cup of Nations in January 2004 after previously having been suspended.^[6][7][8][9]

A month later, in February 2004, Mashaba took over Black Leopards.^[5]

He became manager of the Swaziland national team in May 2008.^[10]

He was appointed as manager of the South Africa national team for a second time in July 2014.^[11] He was suspended for disciplinary reasons in November 2016,^[12] and was sacked for misconduct in December 2016.^[13] He failed in his attempt to appeal the decision.^[14]

In January 2019 he became manager of Witbank Spurs.^[15] After a poor run of form, he was sacked on 3 April 2019.^[16]