Katlego Mashego

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Katlego Mashego

| image = Katlego Mashego.jpg

| caption = Mashego with the Orlando Pirates in 2010

| fullname = Katlego Evidence Mashego

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|05|18}}

| birth_place = Bushbuckridge, South Africa

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker, Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = Tubatse Crusaders

| youthclubs2 = Jamestown FC

| years1 =

| years2 = 2004–2006

| years3 = 2006–2009

| years4 = 2009–2011

| years5 = 2011–2012

| years6 = 2012–2013

| years7 = 2013–2016

| years8 = 2016–2018

| clubs1 = Hellenic FC

| clubs2 = Silver Stars

| clubs3 = SuperSport United

| clubs4 = Orlando Pirates

| clubs5 = Golden Arrows

| clubs6 = Moroka Swallows

| clubs7 = Mamelodi Sundowns

| clubs8 = Chippa United

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 35

| caps3 = 60

| caps4 = 57

| caps5 = 22

| caps6 = 28

| caps7 = 36

| caps8 = 23

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 8

| goals3 = 21

| goals4 = 15

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 13

| goals7 = 9

| goals8 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2006–2014

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| club-update = 08:07, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 25 December 2013

}}

Katlego "Mahoota" Mashego (born 18 May 1982 in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga) is a South African professional football (soccer) striker who most recently played for Premier Soccer League side Chippa United. He represented the South Africa national team on 22 occasions, scoring twice.

Mashego started his career at Hellenic FC and Silver Stars before moving to SuperSport United in 2006, where he won the Premier Soccer League in 2008.

He then moved to Orlando Pirates in January 2009 and captured his second league title in 2011.

Mashego was transferred from Orlando Pirates to Golden Arrows in 2011, with the player signing a 3-year deal.{{cite web|title=Mashego heads to Golden Arrows|date=30 June 2011|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/22677/katlego-mashego-leaves-orlando-pirates-for-golden-arrows|publisher=KickOff|accessdate=7 August 2013}}

He left Golden Arrows after only a single season and was signed on a free transfer by Moroka Swallows.{{cite web|title=Mashego joins Swallows|url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/59772-15-53-Mashego_joins_Swallows|publisher=The New Age|accessdate=7 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130807130128/http://www.thenewage.co.za/59772-15-53-Mashego_joins_Swallows|archive-date=7 August 2013|url-status=dead}} Mashego finished the 2012-13 Premier Soccer League season as the league's top scorer with 13 goals.{{cite web|title=Mashego: I have nothing to prove|url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/mashego-i-have-nothing-to-prove/133529|work=7 August 2013|date=26 May 2013|publisher=Soccer Laduma}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Mashego joined Mamelodi Sundowns in August 2013 in a deal which saw Edward Manqele move in the opposite direction as a replacement on loan.{{cite web|title=Manqele In, Mashego Out At Birds|date=August 2013|url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/manqele-in-mashego-out-at-birds/135932|publisher=Soccer Laduma|accessdate=7 August 2013|archive-date=5 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805140825/http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/manqele-in-mashego-out-at-birds/135932|url-status=dead}}