Pitso Mosimane

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Pitso Mosimane
Personal information
Full namePitso John Hamilton Mosimane
Date of birth (1964-07-26) 26 July 1964
Place of birthKagiso, South Africa
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Rockville Hungry Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983Jomo Cosmos
1985Mamelodi Sundowns
1986Jomo Cosmos
1987Mamelodi Sundowns
1987–1989Jomo Cosmos14+[1](11)
1989Orlando Pirates[2]34(5)
1989–1995Ionikos
1995Koninklijke Football Club Rita Berlaar[3]
1996Al Sadd[4]
National team
1993–1994South Africa4(1)
Teams managed
2001–2007Supersport United
2006–2010South Africa (Assistant coach)
2010–2012South Africa
2012-Mamelodi Sundowns
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pitso Mosimane (born 26 July 1964, Kagiso) is a South African football former player and coach and former manager of the South Africa national football team.

He is one of the longest serving and highly-rated coaches in South African soccer having won several major trophies with SuperSport United between 2001 and 2007.

He served as the care-taker coach of South Africa for seven games during 2007, before Carlos Alberto Parreira was appointed as head coach. He then served as an assistant coach to Parreira, and Joel Santana with South Africa.

On 15 July 2010, Mosimane was named as the new head coach of South Africa. He had been an assistant to former coach Carlos Alberto Parreira at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was handed a four-year contract.[5]

He won his first game in charge in a 1–0 win over World Cup Quarter Finalists Ghana. South Africa failed to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nations after Mosimane mistakenly played for a draw in the final qualifier, when in fact a victory was required.[6]

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