Mpho Makola

{{Short description|South African soccer player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Use South African English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mpho Makola

| fullname = Mpho Terence Makola

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|05|04}}

| birth_place = Alexandra, South Africa

| currentclub = Polokwane City

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 = 1999–2003

| youthyears3 =

| youthyears4 =

| youthyears5 =

| youthclubs1 = Alex Sheffield

| youthclubs2 = Kaizer Chiefs

| youthclubs3 = Bidvest Wits

| youthclubs4 = Vaal University of Technology

| youthclubs5 = Africa Sport Youth

| years1 = 2008–2012

| clubs1 = Free State Stars

| caps1 = 68

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2012–2019

| clubs2 = Orlando Pirates

| caps2 = 137

| goals2 = 14

| years3 = 2019–2023

| clubs3 = Cape Town City

| caps3 = 81

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = Polokwane City

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 1 May 2023

| ntupdate = 6 September 2016

}}

Mpho Makola (born 4 May 1986) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National First Division club Polokwane City.http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2013-2014/pirates/03-mpho-makola.html {{dead link|date=May 2019}} He previously played for Free State Stars and Orlando Pirates, before being transferred to Cape Town City in 2019. He parted ways with Cape Town City in early February 2023.

Early life

Makola was born and raised in Alexandra and attended school in Yeoville Community Primary School and Barnato Park High School where he was a sports all rounder. He joined the Kaizer Chiefs academy in 1999 from Alex Sheffield. By the age of 15, Makola became his family's main breadwinner and took care of his mother and six siblings. As a teenager, Makola consumed drugs and hung around gangsters and nearly joined a hijacking syndicate. He later played for Vaal University of Technology and earned R900 a month.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/Kickoff_December_2015/Kickoff_December_2015_djvu.txt?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C1598978198|title = Kickoff December 2015}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|30 January 2018}}{{Soccerway |id=78416 |accessdate=1 May 2023}}

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|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Free State Stars

|2009–10

|Premier Soccer League

|26

3000000263
2010–11

|Premier Soccer League

|26

1000000261
2011–12

|Premier Soccer League

|16

2300000192
colspan="2" | Total

!68

6300000716
rowspan="7"|Orlando Pirates

|2012–13

|Premier Soccer League

|9

100002{{efn|Appearances in MTN 8|name=MTN8}}0111
2013–14

|Premier Soccer League

|17

251003{{efn|Appearances in CAF Champions League|name=CCL}}1254
2014–15

|Premier Soccer League

|25

320204{{efn|name=MTN8}}0333
2015–16

|Premier Soccer League

|24

751311{{efn|name=MTN8}}0339
2016–17

|Premier Soccer League

|26

052311{{efn|name=MTN8}}0353
2017–18

|Premier Soccer League

|17

1002100192
colspan="2" | Total

!118

1417410311115622
colspan="3" | Career totals

!186

2020410311122728

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International career

He scored on his international debut against Senegal in an international friendly on 8 September 2015.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.

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GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2015Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa{{fb|SEN}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–0Friendly
2.6 September 2016Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa{{fb|EGY}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–0Friendly

References