Siyabonga Nomvethe

Retired
Last club: Uthongathi Most games for: M. Swallows Retired since: Oct 1, 2020

Date of birth/Age: Dec 2, 1977 (46)
Place of birth: Durban, ...
Citizenship: South Africa

Height: 1,78 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: South Africa
Caps/Goals: 78 / 16

Currently working as:

Manager Club: AmaZulu FC Res.

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	South Africa
-		South Africa	May 6, 1999	78	16	Trott Moloto	21 years 05 months 04 days
	South Africa
-		South Africa Olympic team	Sep 14, 2000	3	2	Ephraim Mashaba	22 years 09 months 12 days

Stats of Siyabonga Nomvethe

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			70	13	2	-	32	22	4	-	-	-	308'	3.998'
	International Friendlies	26	3	1	-	17	4	-	-	-	-	370'	1.111'
	World Cup qualification	16	1	-	-	7	4	1	-	-	-	939'	939'
	Africa Cup of Nations	15	5	-	-	3	7	1	-	-	-	219'	1.094'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	6	2	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	166'	331'
	Gold Cup 2009	4	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	356'	356'
	World Cup	3	1	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	167'	167'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Port of Spain	May 6, 1999	Trinidad	South Africa	2:0	CF				70'		20'
		Kingston	May 9, 1999	Jamaica	South Africa	1:1						60'	60'
		Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Jun 16, 1999	South Africa	Zimbabwe	0:1	Not in squad
		Kapstadt	Sep 18, 1999	South Africa	Saudi Arabia	1:0	Not in squad
		Riad	Sep 30, 1999	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	0:0	Not in squad
		Durban	Nov 27, 1999	South Africa	Sweden	1:0		1			84'		6'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B	Kumasi	Jan 23, 2000	South Africa	Gabon	3:1	CF			✔		79'	79'
	Group B	Kumasi	Jan 27, 2000	South Africa	DR Congo	1:0	CF						90'
	Group B	Kumasi	Feb 2, 2000	South Africa	Algeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Durban	Feb 6, 2000	South Africa	Ghana	1:0	CF	1				85'	85'
	Semi-Finals	Abuja	Feb 10, 2000	Nigeria	South Africa	2:0	CF					79'	79'
	Third Place Play-Off	Accra	Feb 12, 2000	South Africa	Tunisia	6:5 on pens	CF	1			46'		74'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	First Round 1st leg	Rantsala	Apr 9, 2000	Lesotho	South Africa	0:2							90'
	First Round 2nd leg	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Apr 22, 2000	South Africa	Lesotho	1:0				75'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Attard	May 28, 2000	Malta	South Africa	0:1	Not in squad
		Washington, D.C.	Jun 3, 2000	USA	South Africa	4:0	Not in squad
		Dallas	Jun 7, 2000	Mexico	South Africa	4:2	Not in squad
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Jun 11, 2000	South Africa	Ireland	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group E	Harare	Jul 9, 2000	Zimbabwe	South Africa	0:2	CF					57'	57'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 2		Sep 3, 2000	Congo	South Africa	1:2	no information available
	International Friendlies
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Oct 7, 2000	South Africa	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 2		Dec 16, 2000	South Africa	Liberia	2:1	no information available
	Group 2		Jan 13, 2001	Mauritius	South Africa	1:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group E	Rustenburg	Jan 27, 2001	South Africa	Burkina Faso	1:0					67'		23'
	Group E	Blantyre	Feb 25, 2001	Malawi	South Africa	1:2		1			75'		15'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 2		Mar 24, 2001	South Africa	Mauritius	3:0	no information available
	International Friendlies
		Perugia	Apr 25, 2001	Italy	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group E	Johannesburg	May 5, 2001	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2:1					35'		55'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 2		Jun 3, 2001	Liberia	South Africa	1:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group E	Ouagadougou	Jul 1, 2001	Burkina Faso	South Africa	1:1					46'		45'
	Group E		Jul 14, 2001	South Africa	Malawi	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Teheran	Aug 8, 2001	South Africa	Bosnia	2:4	Not in squad
		Solna, Stockholm	Aug 15, 2001	Sweden	South Africa	3:0							90'
			Nov 10, 2001	South Africa	Egypt	1:0					46'		45'
			Jan 15, 2002	South Africa	Angola	1:0	RM						90'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B	Durban	Jan 20, 2002	South Africa	Burkina Faso	0:0					70'		20'
	Group B	Durban	Jan 24, 2002	South Africa	Ghana	0:0						60'	60'
	Group B	Durban	Jan 30, 2002	South Africa	Morocco	3:1		1			32'		58'
	Quarter-Finals	Durban	Feb 3, 2002	South Africa	Mali	0:2						66'	66'
	International Friendlies
		Pistoia	Mar 20, 2002	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
		Tbilisi	Mar 27, 2002	Georgia	South Africa	4:1	CF						90'
		Murcia	Apr 17, 2002	South Africa	Ecuador	0:0	Not in squad
		Durban	May 12, 2002	South Africa	Madagascar	1:0						46'	45'
			May 20, 2002	Scotland	South Africa	0:2	Not in squad
		Durban	May 23, 2002	South Africa	Türkiye	2:0	CF					58'	58'
	World Cup 2002
	Group B	Busan	Jun 2, 2002	Paraguay	South Africa	2:2	on the bench
	Group B	Daejeon	Jun 8, 2002	South Africa	Slovenia	1:0		1				71'	71'
	Group B	Seogwipo	Jun 12, 2002	South Africa	Spain	2:3	CF		1	69'		74'	74'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Abidjan	Sep 8, 2002	Ivory Coast	South Africa	0:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Sep 17, 2002	South Africa	Paraguay	0:2	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Oct 13, 2002	South Africa	Burundi	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Oct 23, 2002	Kenya	South Africa	5:4 on pens	Not in squad
		Dar-es-Salaam	Oct 26, 2002	Tanzania	South Africa	4:5 on pens	Not in squad
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Nov 19, 2002	South Africa	Senegal	2:5 on pens	Not in squad
			Mar 29, 2003	South Africa	Madagascar	2:0	no information available
		Cape Town	Apr 30, 2003	South Africa	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
			May 22, 2003	South Africa	England	1:2	Not in squad
		Durban	Jun 14, 2003	South Africa	Trinidad	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Durban	Jun 22, 2003	South Africa	Ivory Coast	2:1		1			-		90'
	Group 11		Jul 6, 2003	Burundi	South Africa	0:2	no information available
	International Friendlies
			Oct 8, 2003	Lesotho	South Africa	0:3	no information available
			Oct 11, 2003	South Africa	Costa Rica	2:1		1					90'
		al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Nov 15, 2003	Egypt	South Africa	2:1					76'		14'
		Tunis	Nov 19, 2003	Tunisia	South Africa	2:0	Not in squad
			Jan 18, 2004	Senegal	South Africa	2:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Sfax	Jan 27, 2004	South Africa	Benin	2:0		2					90'
	Group D	Monastir	Jan 31, 2004	Nigeria	South Africa	4:0							90'
	Group D	Sousse	Feb 4, 2004	Morocco	South Africa	1:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		Durban	Mar 30, 2004	South Africa	Australia	0:1							90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 5, 2004	South Africa	Cape Verde	2:1							90'
	Group 2	Kumasi	Jun 20, 2004	Ghana	South Africa	3:0							90'
	Group 2	Johannesburg	Jul 3, 2004	South Africa	Burkina Faso	2:0					83'		7'
	International Friendlies
		Tunis	Aug 18, 2004	Tunisia	South Africa	0:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2		Sep 5, 2004	DR Congo	South Africa	1:0						75'	75'
	Group 2	Kampala	Oct 10, 2004	Uganda	South Africa	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Nov 17, 2004	South Africa	Nigeria	2:1	no information available
			Feb 10, 2005	South Africa	Australia	1:1					79'		11'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Johannesburg	Mar 26, 2005	South Africa	Uganda	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	Praia	Jun 4, 2005	Cape Verde	South Africa	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 2	Johannesburg	Jun 18, 2005	South Africa	Ghana	0:2					69'		21'
	Gold Cup 2005
	Group C	Carson, Kalifornien	Jul 8, 2005	South Africa	Mexico	2:1						71'	71'
	Group C	Los Angeles, California	Jul 10, 2005	South Africa	Jamaica	3:3	RW	1		73'		87'	87'
	Group C	Houston	Jul 13, 2005	South Africa	Guatemala	1:1						81'	81'
	Quarter-Finals	Houston	Jul 17, 2005	South Africa	Panama	3:5 on pens						117'	117'
	International Friendlies
		Reykjavík	Aug 17, 2005	Iceland	South Africa	4:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Ouagadougou	Sep 3, 2005	Burkina Faso	South Africa	3:1						60'	60'
	International Friendlies
		Bremen	Sep 7, 2005	Germany	South Africa	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Durban	Oct 8, 2005	South Africa	DR Congo	2:2					17'		73'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 13, 2005	South Africa	Senegal	2:3	no information available
		al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Jan 14, 2006	Egypt	South Africa	1:2						79'	79'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C	Alexandria	Jan 22, 2006	South Africa	Guinea	0:2						56'	56'
	Group C	Alexandria	Jan 26, 2006	Tunisia	South Africa	2:0							90'
	Group C	Alexandria	Jan 30, 2006	Zambia	South Africa	1:0						67'	67'
	International Friendlies
			May 10, 2006	Lesotho	South Africa	0:0	no information available
		Windhoek	Aug 16, 2006	Namibia	South Africa	0:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Johannesburg	Sep 2, 2006	South Africa	Congo	0:0							90'
	Group 11	Lusaka	Oct 8, 2006	Zambia	South Africa	0:1	CF					88'	88'
	International Friendlies
		Brentford	Nov 15, 2006	Egypt	South Africa	1:0					65'		25'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Ndjamena	Mar 24, 2007	Chad	South Africa	0:3					71'		19'
	International Friendlies
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Mar 28, 2007	South Africa	Bolivia	0:1					46'		45'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Durban	Jun 2, 2007	South Africa	Chad	4:0		1			62'		28'
	Group 11	Brazzaville	Jun 17, 2007	Congo	South Africa	1:1					73'		17'
	International Friendlies
		Glasgow	Aug 22, 2007	Scotland	South Africa	1:0					14'		76'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 11	Kapstadt	Sep 9, 2007	South Africa	Zambia	1:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Sep 12, 2007	South Africa	Uruguay	0:0	CF				83'		7'
		Firenze	Oct 17, 2007	Italy	South Africa	2:0					72'		18'
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Nov 17, 2007	South Africa	USA	0:1	Not in squad
		Durban	Nov 20, 2007	South Africa	Canada	2:0	Not in squad
		Chatsworth	Jan 13, 2008	South Africa	Mozambique	2:0	Not in squad
		Chatsworth	Jan 16, 2008	South Africa	Botswana	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Tamale	Jan 23, 2008	South Africa	Angola	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Tamale	Jan 27, 2008	Tunisia	South Africa	3:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Kumasi	Jan 31, 2008	Senegal	South Africa	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Germiston	Mar 11, 2008	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2:1	Not in squad
			Mar 26, 2008	South Africa	Paraguay	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D	Abuja	Jun 1, 2008	Nigeria	South Africa	2:0	Not in squad
	Group D		Jun 7, 2008	South Africa	Equat. Guinea	4:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Freetown	Jun 14, 2008	Sierra Leone	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
	Group D		Jun 21, 2008	South Africa	Sierra Leone	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Aug 19, 2008	Australia	South Africa	2:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D		Sep 6, 2008	South Africa	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Sep 9, 2008	South Africa	Guinea	0:1	Not in squad
		Germiston	Sep 30, 2008	South Africa	Malawi	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D	Bata	Oct 11, 2008	Equat. Guinea	South Africa	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Westdene, Bloemfontein	Oct 15, 2008	South Africa	Ghana	2:1	Not in squad
		Rustenburg	Nov 19, 2008	South Africa	Cameroon	3:2	Not in squad
			Jan 27, 2009	South Africa	Zambia	1:0	Not in squad
		Polokwane	Feb 11, 2009	South Africa	Chile	0:2	Not in squad
			Mar 28, 2009	South Africa	Norway	2:1	Not in squad
		Lausanne	Mar 31, 2009	South Africa	Portugal	0:2	Not in squad
			May 30, 2009	South Africa	Mauritius	2:0	no information available
		Orlando East, Soweto	Jun 6, 2009	South Africa	Poland	1:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2009
	Group A	New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Jun 14, 2009	South Africa	Iraq	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A		Jun 17, 2009	South Africa	New Zealand	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 20, 2009	Spain	South Africa	2:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Jun 25, 2009	Brazil	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off		Jun 28, 2009	Spain	South Africa	3:2 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Aug 12, 2009	South Africa	Serbia	1:3	Not in squad
		Leverkusen	Sep 5, 2009	Germany	South Africa	2:0	Not in squad
		Limerick	Sep 8, 2009	Ireland	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
		Durban	Sep 19, 2009	South Africa	Madagascar	1:0	Not in squad
		Oslo	Oct 10, 2009	Norway	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
		Reykjavík	Oct 13, 2009	Iceland	South Africa	1:0	Not in squad
			Nov 14, 2009	South Africa	Japan	0:0	Not in squad
		Westdene, Bloemfontein	Nov 17, 2009	South Africa	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
		Durban	Jan 27, 2010	South Africa	Zimbabwe	3:0	Not in squad
		Durban	Mar 3, 2010	South Africa	Namibia	1:1	Not in squad
		Asunción	Apr 1, 2010	Paraguay	South Africa	1:1	Not in squad
			Apr 24, 2010	South Africa	North Korea	0:0					60'		30'
		Offenbach	Apr 28, 2010	South Africa	Jamaica	2:0		1			58'		32'
			May 16, 2010	South Africa	Thailand	4:0					73'		17'
		Orlando East, Soweto	May 24, 2010	South Africa	Bulgaria	1:1					61'		29'
		Johannesburg	May 27, 2010	South Africa	Colombia	2:1					89'		1'
		Polokwane	May 31, 2010	South Africa	Guatemala	5:0					64'		26'
			Jun 5, 2010	South Africa	Denmark	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 2010
	Group A	Johannesburg	Jun 11, 2010	South Africa	Mexico	1:1	on the bench
	Group A	Pretoria	Jun 16, 2010	South Africa	Uruguay	0:3	on the bench
	Group A	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 22, 2010	France	South Africa	1:2	CF				68'		22'
	International Friendlies
		Johannesburg	Aug 11, 2010	South Africa	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G	Nelspruit	Sep 4, 2010	South Africa	Niger	2:0	Not in squad
	Group G	Freetown	Oct 10, 2010	Sierra Leone	South Africa	0:0	Broken hand
	International Friendlies
		Kapstadt	Nov 17, 2010	South Africa	USA	0:1	Broken hand
		Nelspruit	Jan 22, 2011	South Africa	Sweden	1:1	Not in squad
			Feb 9, 2011	South Africa	Kenya	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G	New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Mar 26, 2011	South Africa	Egypt	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Dar-es-Salaam	May 14, 2011	Tanzania	South Africa	0:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G	Kairo	Jun 5, 2011	Egypt	South Africa	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Aug 10, 2011	South Africa	Burkina Faso	3:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G	Niamey	Sep 4, 2011	Niger	South Africa	2:1	Not in squad
	Group G	Nelspruit	Oct 8, 2011	South Africa	Sierra Leone	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Port Elizabeth	Nov 12, 2011	South Africa	Ivory Coast	1:1	Not in squad
		Harare	Nov 15, 2011	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2:1	Not in squad
		Bata	Jan 7, 2012	Equat. Guinea	South Africa	0:0	Not in squad
		Durban	Feb 29, 2012	South Africa	Senegal	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group A		Jun 3, 2012	South Africa	Ethiopia	1:1	CF						90'
	Group A	Gaborone	Jun 9, 2012	Botswana	South Africa	1:1	CF					59'	59'
	International Friendlies
		Nelspruit	Jun 15, 2012	South Africa	Gabon	3:0			1		72'		18'
Squad: 75, Starting eleven: 38, Substituted in: 32, On the bench: 5, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,