Gift Leremi

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Gift Leremi
Personal information
Full name	Mpho Gift Leremi
Date of birth	(1984-10-13)13 October 1984
Place of birth	Soweto, South Africa
Date of death	3 September 2007(2007-09-03) (aged 22)
Place of death	Alberton, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Pimville Giants
	Orlando Pirates
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2007	Orlando Pirates	70	(15)
2007	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	(1)
National team^‡
2001–2004	South Africa U23	21	(0)
2004–2005	South Africa	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July, 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July, 2007

Mpho Gift Leremi (13 October 1984 – 3 September 2007) was a South African football midfielder who last played for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League, and South Africa. Leremi died in a car crash on 3 September 2007 near Johannesburg, South Africa.^[2]

Career

Leremi was an offensive midfielder who began his career with the youth club Pimville Giants in Soweto, where he was born, and discovered by Orlando Pirates in 1999 at a local soccer tournament. Upon joining the Pirates development team, Augusto Palacios, the Pirates youth director, immediately recognized the talent in the player and took him under his wing.

Leremi made his debut for Orlando Pirates in 2002-03 season of the Premier Soccer League on 10 August 2002 against Moroka Swallows, winning the league title in his debut season.

In the summer of 2007 he moved to the then Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

Death

On 3 September 2007, Leremi was returning home after a CAF Confederation Cup game in Cameroon against Astres FC when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton outside Johannesburg.^[3] He would sustain massive injuries and ultimately die as a result of the accident.

References

↑ http://www.orlandopiratesfc.com/default.asp?cId=11151
↑ "Bafana player killed in car crash". IOL.co.za. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
↑ "Police probe mystery of Gift's final drive". Retrieved 5 November 2013.

v t e PSL Rookie of the Year

2002: Mabizela 2003: Leremi 2004: Zothwane 2005: Nyandoro 2006: Mphela 2007: Ngobeni 2008: Khune 2009: Mthembu 2010: Musona

v t e South Africa squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Marlin 2 Lekgwathi 3 Thwala 4 Evans 5 Katza 6 Gaxa 7 Klate 8 Siphika 9 Mokoena 10 Bianchi 11 van Heerden 12 Kgatla 13 Nkosi 14 Nomvethe 15 Mofedi 16 Radebe 17 Noble 18 Raselemane 19 Ndlela 20 Petersen 21 Leremi 22 Langeveldt Coach: Baxter

Persondata
Name	Leremi, Gift
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	13 October 1984
Place of birth	Soweto, South Africa
Date of death	3 September 2007
Place of death	Alberton, South Africa

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