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Sbonelo Cele

South African soccer player

Sbonelo Cele
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa^[1]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Golden Arrows
Number	30
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Uthongathi	25	(1)
2021–	Golden Arrows	35	(2)
International career^‡
2022–	South Africa	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023

Sbonelo Cele (born 27 August 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a left back for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the Premier Soccer League.^[2]

In March 2022 he was named in a preliminary national team squad to play France, but was not a part of the final 23-man squad.^[3] Cele was instead called up to Bafana Bafana for the 2022 COSAFA Cup. Here, he featured during the plate final which South Africa won against Botswana.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Sbonelo Cele at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Sbonelo Cele at Soccerway
^ Mark, Jonty (14 March 2022). "Losing against France is better than winning against Botswana, says Bafana's Broos". The Citizen. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ Dindi, Sithembiso (17 July 2022). "Mkhalele's young Bafana edge Botswana to win Cosafa plate final". Dispatch Live. Retrieved 12 June 2023.