Thapelo Tshilo

{{short description|South African soccer player}}

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

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Thapelo Tshilo

| image =

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| fullname = Thapelo Sylvester Tshilo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Boksburg, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs1 = Manchester United (South Africa){{cite web |url=http://www.jomocosmos.co.za/default.asp?cid=10105 |title=Thapelo Tshilo | publisher=The official Jomo Cosmos Website |accessdate=5 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415012422/http://www.jomocosmos.co.za/default.asp?cid=10105 |archivedate=2012-04-15 }}

| youthclubs2 = Watford Brothers

| youthclubs3 = Jomo Cosmos

| years1 = 2004–2010

| clubs1 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps1 = 116

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2010–2013

| clubs2 = Mamelodi Sundowns

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = → Jomo Cosmos (loan)

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = Bidvest Wits

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2018

| clubs5 = Polokwane City

| caps5 = 81

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = Maccabi

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = Moroka Swallows

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 1 October 2013

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Thapelo Sylvester Tshilo (born 18 February 1985) is a South African international footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Boksburg, Gauteng, Tshilo began his career with Jomo Cosmos in 2001, turning professional in 2004. He signed for Mamelodi Sundowns in June 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/15945/mamelodi-sundowns-sign-thapelo-tshilo.php|title=Downs sign Tshilo from Cosmos|accessdate=13 June 2010|date=8 June 2010|author=Ernest Fakude|publisher=Kick Off}} and rejoined Cosmos on loan in 2011. He joined Bidvest Wits in January 2013{{cite web|title=Tshilo Pens Wits Deal|date=22 January 2013|url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/tshilo-pens-wits-deal/129813|publisher=Soccer Laduma|accessdate=1 October 2013}} but failed to make a single appearance and he was released at the end of the season.{{cite web|title=Wits release Mokoena, Mayinga and Tshilo|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667/sa-psl/2013/06/25/4073027/wits-release-mokoena-mayinga-and-tshilo|publisher=Goal.com|accessdate=1 October 2013}}

Tshilo joined newly promoted Premier Soccer League team Polokwane City in September 2013.{{cite web|title=Snap signings for Polokwane|date=10 September 2013|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/37176/sa-soccer-club-polokwane-city-sign-four|publisher=KickOff|accessdate=1 October 2013}}

He also made one international appearance for South Africa in 2007.{{NFT player|pid=29538}}

References