Iseluleko sikaOuaddou kuTLB Mbokazi ngemva kokukhethwa kuCaf Awards

Isihlabani esikhulako se-Orlando Pirates, uMbekezeli “TLB” Mbokazi, siphila iphupho.

Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-20 odabuka eHluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal, ukhethwe phakathi kwalabo abazokhuphisana ngomklomelo we-CAF Young Player of the Year ngemva kwesizini emangalisayo.

Kusukela enza i-debut yakhe eqenjini elikhulu ngaphansi kukaJosé Riveiro kuze kube manje esengomunye wabavikeli abathembekile beBuccaneers, ukukhuphuka kukaMbokazi kube ngokushesha okukhulu.

Usize iPirates ukufinyelela kuma-semi-finals eCaf Champions League kanye naseNedbank Cup final, okuveze ukuthi abantu abaningi sebemhlonipha futhi bamesaba enkundleni.

Ukudlala kwakhe ngesibindi kudonse iso lomqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos, owambiza okokuqala eqenjini lesizwe kulo nyaka.

Kusukela lapho, lo mdlali osemdala kancane usenaba njalo eqenjini lesizwe laseNingizimu Afrika, edlala indima ebalulekileyo emidlalweni yokuhlunga iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026.

Umqeqeshi u-Abdeslam Ouaddou udumise kakhulu i-vice-captain yakhe, ebiza ukukhethwa kwakhe “isipho esimangalisayo” esikhombisa ukuthi umsebenzi onzima nokuzithoba kukhokha.

“Umele i-Orlando Pirates ngesidlozane,” kutsho uOuaddou. “Njengomvikeli owayedlalile phambilini, ngiyazigqaja ngaye.

“Iseluleko sami silula — hlala uthobekile, uqhubeke usebenza nzima, uhloniphe ibhola, ngoba ibhola lingakuphakamisa phezulu noma likuthobise masinyane.”

Ngokukhethwa kwakhe kuCaf, ukuqashelwa eqenjini lesizwe, kanye nokusekelwa ngabalandeli, inkanyezi kaMbekezeli Mbokazi iya ikhanye kakhulu nsukuzonke.