Rowan Human
{{short description|South African soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name= Rowan Human
|fullname = Rowan Lancaster Human
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|21|df=y}}
|birth_place= Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
|position = Midfielder
|height = 1.71 m
|currentclub= AmaZulu
|clubnumber = 21
|youthyears1= 2014–2020
|youthclubs1= Bidvest Wits
|years1 = 2019–2020
|clubs1 = Bidvest Wits
|caps1 = 10
|goals1 = 2
|years2 = 2020–2021
|clubs2 = Maccabi Tel Aviv
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2020–2021
|clubs3 = → Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan)
|caps3 = 25
|goals3 = 5
|years4 = 2021–2023
|clubs4 = Maritzburg United
|caps4 = 46
|goals4 = 10
|years5 = 2023–
|clubs5 = AmaZulu
|caps5 = 23
|goals5 = 2
|nationalyears1 = 2021
|nationalteam1 = South Africa Olympic
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalyears2 = 2022–
|nationalteam2 = South Africa
|nationalcaps2 = 8
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|club-update = 1 August 2024
|ntupdate = 25 October 2023
}}
Rowan Lancaster Human (born 21 January 2001) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for AmaZulu.{{Soccerway|rowan-human/647688}}
Early life
Rowan Lancaster Human was born in Bethlehem, Free State on 21 January 2001.
Club career
=Bidvest Wits =
In November 2019, Human made his ABSA Premiership League debut against Kaizer Chiefs in a 0-0 draw. Human scored his first goal for Bidvest Wits in February against Tuks. He was forced to leave Bidvest Wits in 8 August 2020 because Bidvest Wits was sold to a Limpopo team.
=Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.=
In 2020, Human signed for Israeli top-flight side Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year contract, but was sent on loan to Israeli second division side Beitar Tel Aviv.{{Cite web |last=Madyira |first=Michael |date=7 October 2020 |title=Rowan Human: Reported Kaizer Chiefs target signs for Maccabi Tel Aviv |url=https://www.goal.com/en-cm/news/rowan-human-reported-kaizer-chiefs-target-signs-for-maccabi/wsvzbg2sj5te1qsuwi61ihtqc |access-date=17 January 2021 |website=Goal}}
=Maritzburg United F.C.=
Human returned to South Africa in 2021 and joined Maritzburg on a two-year contract.
=AmaZulu F.C.=
Human signed for AmaZulu after the end of a contract in Maritzburg.
International career
=Youth=
In July 2020, Human was called up to the South Africa U23s for the Summer Olympics.
=Senior=
Human was named in the 26 final squad for 2022 COSAFA Cup matches by coach Hugo Broos,. Human was named again in the 26 final squad for 2023 COSAFA Cup, where he scored his first international goal against Namibia in a 1-1 draw on 5 July 2023.
References
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{{AmaZulu F.C. squad}}
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Category:South African men's soccer players
Category:Bidvest Wits F.C. players
Category:Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players
Category:Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Durban City F.C. (2024) players
Category:South African Premier Division players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:South Africa men's international soccer players
Category:Soccer players from the Free State (province)
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
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