Siyethemba Sithebe

{{short description|South African soccer player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Siyethemba Sithebe

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Siyethemba Mnguni

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|01|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newcastle, South Africa

| height =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Richards Bay

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2015–2017

| clubs1 = Mbombela United

| caps1 = 40

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2017–2022

| clubs2 = AmaZulu

| caps2 = 121

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2022–2024

| clubs3 = Kaizer Chiefs

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = Richards Bay

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2020–

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 18 August 2024

| nationalteam-update = 23 October 2022

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Siyethemba Sithebe (born Siyethemba Mnguni; 6 January 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for South African Premier Division side Richards Bay and the South Africa national team.{{Cite web |title=Siyethemba Sithebe |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/siyethemba-sithebe/ |access-date=12 July 2020 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}{{Soccerway|siyethemba-mnguni/332154|accessdate=12 July 2020}} In 2018, he changed his surname from Mnguni to Sithebe.{{Cite web |last=Mlotha |first=Sipho |date=3 August 2018 |title=AmaZulu midfielder Siyethemba Sithebe explains surname change |url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/news/amazulu-midfielder-siyethemba-sithebe-ex/591537 |access-date=12 July 2020 |website=Kick Off}}

Club career

In the summer of 2017, he signed for AmaZulu from Mbombela United.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2017 |title=AmaZulu Unveil Five New Signings |url=https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/south-africa/amazulu-unveil-five-new-signings/273232?next=true |access-date=12 July 2020 |website=Soccer Laduma}}

International career

He made his international debut for South Africa on 8 October 2020 in a 1–1 draw with Namibia.{{Cite web |date=9 October 2020 |title=Player ratings: Experimental Bafana held by Namibia |url=https://global.fourfourtwo.com/features/player-ratings-experimental-bafana-held-by-namibia |access-date=9 October 2020 |website=FourFourTwo |language=en}}

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