Sive Pekezela

Sive Pekezela
Personal information
Full nameSive Pekezela
Date of birth3 April 1992
Place of birthGugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Defender
Club information
Current team
Gefle IF
Number11
Youth career
Rovers United
Vasco Da Gama
F.C. Cape Town
2009–2011ASD Cape Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012Beerschot AC0(0)
2013–Gefle IF10(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sive Pekezela (born 3 April 1992) is a South African footballer who plays for Gefle IF as a midfielder.[1]

Career

Pekezela started out playing street football in Cape Town before joining the youth ranks of Vasco Da Gama when he was 11 years old. In 2009 he joined the ASD Cape Town Academy. They went on a tour to Belgium in 2011 where he impressed enough to get picked up by Belgian club Beerschot AC. He was however let go after only one season due to the clubs financial situation and returned to South Africa. During the autumn of 2012 he came to Sweden where he trialed with GIF Sundsvall, Enköpings SK and Gefle IF. In early 2013 he eventually ended up signing with Allsvenskan club Gefle IF.[2][3]

References

  1. "Sive Pekezela". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. "Pekezela vill ge Gefle IF en spark framåt". Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. "Gugulethu boy fulfilling his dream in Sweden". Ground Up. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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