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Mike Mangena
South African soccer player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mike "Sporo" Mangena (born 12 September 1958)[1] is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Kaizer Chiefs.
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Youth career
Mangena started playing soccer for Chiawelo United Stars at the age of 7.[1]
Kaizer Chiefs
Mangena was signed to the Chiefs reserves in 1978 and was promoted the same year. He moved to Wits University in 1980.[1]
Watford
He moved to Watford in 1984. He was a teammate of John Barnes and Mo Johnston under Graham Taylor.[1]
Durban Bush Bucks
He was a teammate of Mlungisi Ngubane and older brother of Neil Tovey, Mark Tovey when he was the top goal scorer in the NPSL with 25 goals under Clive Barker.[1] He was edged by Ernest Mtawali to the 1985 Footballer of the Year award.[2]
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mangena joined Sundowns on 10 January 1986 for a record R40 000. He made his debut on 9 February 1986 in a 2-1 win over Durban Bush Bucks. Mangena was part of the squad that travelled to watch the 1986 FA Cup final in England. Sundowns played a 2--2 draw where Mangena scored a brace in a pre-match friendly against Crystal Palace reserves on 10 May 1986. Mangena was sold to Moroka Swallows on 8 June 1986.[2][1]
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Kaizer Chiefs
He ended his short 12-year career at the age of 30 where he won the BP Top 8, JPS and Bob Save Super Bowl.[1]
After retirement
Since 1990 he has worked as a soccer analyst at SABC;[1] and he is the owner of Harcourts Unlimited,[3] a real estate business based in the historic Kliptown, Soweto.
In November 2018, Mangena was arrested after a drug manufacturing lab was found on a farm belonging to Mangena.[4][5]
Mangena claimed he was unaware of the activities on the farm, and the case was struck off the roll in October 2019.[6]
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References
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