Mihlali Mayambela

Mihlali Samson "Mabhuti" Mayambela (born August 25, 1996) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club Aris Limassol.

Mihlali Mayambela
Personal information
Full name Mihlali Samson Mayambela
Date of birth (1996-08-25) 25 August 1996
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Winger
Team information
Current team
 Aris Limassol
Number 21
Youth career
Old Mutual Academy
Orlando Pirates
Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Cape Town All Stars 11 (0)
2016–2019 Djurgårdens IF 8 (0)
2017 → Degerfors IF 29 (7)
2018 → IK Brage 10 (2)
2018–2019 → Farense 32 (4)
2019–2022 Farense 74 (10)
2020 → Bnei Yehuda 7 (1)
2021 → Académica 16 (3)
2022– Aris Limassol 29 (4)
International career‡
2022 South Africa 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of South Africa-1(1)

Career

Mayambela started out his youth career with Old Mutual Academy before also spending time at the two Johannesburg clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs F.C.[1] In 2014 and 2015 he played first team football with South African National First Division side Cape Town All Stars where he made 11 league appearances.[2]

After trialing with the club for two weeks during the summer of 2015 Mayambela joined Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF on a four year deal in January 2016. They had originally intended to sign him during the upcoming summer but due to injuries they decided to make the move six months earlier.[3] On 28 March 2016 it was reported that the Welsh club Swansea City was tracking Mayambela.[4] On 24 August Mayambela scored his first goal for Djurgården, scoring one goal in the Swedish Cup qualifier 5-1 win against Smedby AIS.[5]

In 2017, Mayambela was loaned out to Swedish second tier Superettan club Degerfors IF. Mayambela was loaned out once again in 2018, this time to newly promoted IK Brage in the same division.

On 19 July 2018, Mayambela was loaned out to Farense until the summer of 2019, with an option to buy.[6]

On 28 January 2020 loaned the Israeli Premier League club Bnei Yehuda[7]

In the year of 2022, he was transferred to Cypriot club Aris Limassol

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Mark Mayambela.[3] His favourite football club is Kaizer Chiefs F.C.[1]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2023Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia Liberia2–12–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Mihlali Mayambela – a star in the making". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. "Mihlali Mabhuti Mayambela".
  3. "DIF Fotboll - Mihlali Mabhuti Mayambela klar för DIF - DIF Fotboll". DIF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. "Swansea still tracking Mayambela". Kickoff.
  5. "FEMETTA MOT SMEDBY SÄKRADE CUPAVANCEMANGET". Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. "Mayambela på lån till Portugal". Djurgårdens IF.
  7. רשמית: מילאלי מאיימבלה חתם בבני יהודה Tomer Levy, 28 January 2020 (in Hebrew)
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