Sipho Mbule

South African soccer player

Sipho Mbule
Personal information
Full name	Sipho Percevale Mbule^[1]
Date of birth	(1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bethlehem, South Africa
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mamelodi Sundowns
Number	24
Youth career
	Harmony Sports Academy
0000–2017	SuperSport United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2022	SuperSport United	84	(9)
2022–	Mamelodi Sundowns	7	(0)
International career^‡
2017	South Africa U20	5	(0)
2019	South Africa U23	3	(0)
2017–	South Africa	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:53, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Sipho Percevale Mbule (born 22 March 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for South African Premier Division side Mamelodi Sundowns.

Mbule was born in Bethlehem in the province of Free State.^[2]^[3] He started his youth career at Harmony Sports Academy in 2013, alongside Teboho Mokoena, before joining SuperSport United's academy.^[3] He made his senior debut for SuperSport United in August 2017.^[4]

Mbule has trained with the South Africa national under-17 team,^[5] and has represented the South Africa under-20, under-23 and senior international teams.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sipho Mbule at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ Ndebele, Sihle (3 March 2019). "United star Sipho Mbule plays life at his own slow pace". The Sowetan. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Baleka, Mihlali (6 December 2019). "Dynamic Mbule firing up SuperSport". Independent Online. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ Abrahams, Conrad (12 February 2020). "The making of SuperSport United's double act". New Frame. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ Ngidi, Njabulo (18 November 2017). "SuperSport star teenager Mbule now seeking Caf glory". Independent Online. Retrieved 14 November 2020.