Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chippa United | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cultural Roots[1] | |||
| Vasco da Gama | |||
| Ajax Cape Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Ajax Cape Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → SuperSport United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → AmaZulu (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Thanda Royal Zulu | 29 | (0) |
| 2017 | AmaZulu | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Chippa United | 17 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | AmaZulu | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Steenberg United | 12 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ekenäs IF | 22 | (6) |
| 2021– | Chippa United | 52 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Cape Town All Stars (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | South Africa U20 | 2 | (0) |
| South Africa U23 | 1 | (0) | |
| 2021– | South Africa | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 July 2021 | |||
Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka (born 12 January 1996) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder who plays for Chippa United.[2]
Early life career
He hails from Gugulethu on the Cape Flats.[3]
Club career
Besides his native South Africa, Konqobe Magqwaka has played in Finland for Ekenäs IF (EIF) in the second-tier Ykkönen.
International career
He made his debut for South Africa national soccer team on 13 July 2021 in a 2021 COSAFA Cup game against Lesotho.[4] South Africa won the tournament.
Honours
Chippa United
- Nedbank Cup runner-up: 2020–21
Career statistics
- As of 27 November 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SuperSport United (loan) | 2014–15 | South African Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| AmaZulu (loan) | 2015–16 | NFD | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Thanda Royal Zulu | 2016–17 | NFD | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
| Chippa United | 2017–18 | South African Premiership | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| AmaZulu | 2018–19 | South African Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Steenberg United | 2019–20 | NFD | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| Ekenäs IF | 2020 | Ykkönen | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 27 | 7 | |
| Chippa United | 2020–21 | South African Premiership | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | South African Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | South African Premiership | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | South African Premiership | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | South African Premiership | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 52 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 3 | ||
| Cape Town All Stars (loan) | 2021–22 | NFD | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 158 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 11 | ||
- ^ Includes Nedbank Cup and Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c Includes Carling Knockout Cup
References
- ^ Magqwaka awaits chance, pressreader.com, 4 October 2014
- ^ Off-the-field issues cost AmaZulu star Ayabulela Konqobe a job, timeslive.co.za, 10 April 2019
- ^ "Web Page Under Construction".
- ^ "South Africa v Lesotho game report". ESPN. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
External links
- Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka at Soccerway
- Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka at National-Football-Teams.com