Thabo Mnyamane

{{short description|South African soccer player}}

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

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Thabo Mnyamane

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|8|17|df=y}}

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 2013–2015

| clubs1 = University of Pretoria

| caps1 = 70

| goals1 = 16

| years2 = 2015–2020

| clubs2 = SuperSport United

| caps2 = 47

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2020–2022

| clubs3 = TTM/Marumo Gallants

| caps3 = 36

| goals3 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

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Thabo Mnyamane (born 17 August 1992) is a South African soccer player who played as a forward in the South African Premier Division. He was also capped for South Africa.

Mnyamane hails from Sebokeng. He attended the North-West University at Mahikeng and trained with the North-West University Soccer Institute. In 2013, he was discovered in the Varsity Football tournament and signed by the University of Pretoria, completing his studies in 2013 and joining the "Tuks" in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mnyamane-signs-psl-team-094247146.html|title=Mnyamane signs for PSL Team|date=30 August 2013|author=|publisher=Yahoo! News|access-date=16 August 2024}} His degree was in sports management.{{cite news|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sundayworld/lifestyle/up-close/2018-07-22-thabo-mnyamane-is-making-hay-while-the-sun-shines/|title=

Thabo Mnyamane is making hay while the sun shines|date=22 July 2018|author=Motshwane, Gomolemo|publisher=Sunday World|access-date=16 August 2024}} Making his first-tier debut in the 2013-14 South African Premier Division,{{Soccerway|thabo-mnyamane/328977|access-date=16 August 2024}} he quickly made his mark at the Tuks, among others scoring the only goal of the match against Platinum Stars in February 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/psl/barker-lauds-young-mnyamane-1648392|title=Barker lauds young Mnyamane|date=17 February 2014|author=van Rooyen, PJ|publisher=IOL|access-date=16 August 2024}}

In the spring of 2015, Mnyamane was selected for Bafana Bafana. He scored on his debut against Eswatini.{{cite news|url=https://africanfootball.com/news/520965/Mnyamane-third-player-to-score-on-Bafana-debut-under-Shakes|title=Mnyamane third player to score on Bafana debut under Shakes|date=26 March 2015|author=Basson, Bertin|publisher=Africanfootball.com|access-date=16 August 2024}} He was called up again in 2017, to the squad that played two friendlies against Guinea-Bissau and Angola.{{cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2017-03-22-thabo-mnyamane-has-a-chance-to-stake-his-claim-for-bafana-position/|title=Thabo Mnyamane has a chance to stake his claim for Bafana position|date=22 March 2017|author=Strydom, Marc|publisher=Times Live|access-date=16 August 2024}} He played the one against Guinea-Bissau.{{NFT player|58665|access-date=16 August 2024}}

After the University of Pretoria were relegated to the second tier in 2016, Mnyamane moved on to SuperSport United. He scored a handful of goals in the 2016–17 season, as well as in the CAF Confederation Cup, but thought he could do better.{{cite news|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/mnyamane-not-pleased-with-personal-performance-for-supersport-united/35oaw6qz0d4h1okafq5swxnmq|title=Mnyamane not pleased with his personal performance for SuperSport United|date=23 April 2017|author=May, Edward|publisher=Goal|access-date=16 August 2024}}

In 2017–18 his goalscoring count dropped in the league, as SuperSport United as a whole struggled to find the net, but he did score twice against Petro de Luanda to put SuperSport United through from the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds.{{cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/is-thabo-mnyamane-the-answer-to-supersport-uniteds-goal-drought-14554662|title=Is Thabo Mnyamane the answer to SuperSport United's goal drought?|date=21 April 2018|author=Ngidi, Njabulo|publisher=IOL|access-date=16 August 2024}} His career then came to a halt in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. After playing just 3 league games in 2019, Mnyamane was released in the summer of 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/thano-mnyamane-departs-supersport-united-20200702|title=Thano Mnyamane departs SuperSport United|date=2 July 2020|author=|publisher=News 24|access-date=16 August 2024}} During his time at SuperSport United, they won the 2016–17 Nedbank Cup, the 2017 MTN 8 and the 2019 MTN 8.{{cite news|url=https://farpost.co.za/2024/04/15/thabo-mnyamane-poised-for-new-role-at-amatuks/|title= Thabo Mnyamane poised for new role at AmaTuks|date=15 April 2024|author=Rabothe, Tshepo|publisher=FAR Post|access-date=16 August 2024}}

After two years with Marumo Gallants (changing its identity from Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila) he was released from that club in 2022. In the fall of 2023, he trained with the University of Pretoria, and also became an analyst for the University of Pretoria Women's F.C.{{cite news|url=https://farpost.co.za/2023/10/14/thabo-mnyamane-resurfaces-at-psl-club/|title= Thabo Mnyamane resurfaces at PSL club|date=14 October 2023|author=Rabothe, Tshepo|publisher=FAR Post|access-date=16 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.snl24.com/soccerladuma/local/premiership/former-supersport-united-player-thabo-mnyamane-determined-to-bounce-back-after-marumo-gallants-exit-20230213|title= Mnyamane On Comeback Trail After Gallants Exit|date=13 February 2023|author=Mailwane, Tshepang|publisher=Soccer Laduma|access-date=16 August 2024}}