Mike Mangena

Mike "Sporo" Mangena (born 1960)[1] is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Kaizer Chiefs.

Mike Mangena
Personal information
Date of birth 1958 (age 62–63)
Place of birth Soweto, South Africa
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1966–1967 Chiawelo United Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Kaizer Chiefs B
1978–1980 Kaizer Chiefs 27 (9)
1980 Wits University (loan) 30 (12)
1981–1984 Wits University 102 (45)
1984–1985 Watford 5 (2)
1985 Bush Bucks 34 (25)
1985–1986 Mamelodi Sundowns 18 (7)
1986–1988 Moroka Swallows 55 (22)
1988–1990 Kaizer Chiefs 68 (34)
Total 339 (156)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Youth career

Mangena started playing soccer for Chiawelo United Stars at the age of 7.[2]

Kaizer Chiefs

Mangena was signed to the Chiefs reserves in 1978 and was promoted the same year. He moved to Wits University in 1980.[3]

Watford

He moved to Watford in 1984. He was a teammate of John Barnes and Mo Johnston under Graham Taylor.[4]

Bush Bucks

He was a teammate of Mlungisi Ngubane and older brother of Neil Tovey, Mark Tovey when he was the top goal scorer in the NPSL with 25 goals under Clive Barker.[5] He was edged by Ernest Mtawali to the 1985 Footballer of the Year award.[6]

Mamelodi Sundowns

Mangena joined Sundowns on 10 January 1986 for a record R40 000. He made his debut on 9 February 1986 in a 2--1 win over Bush Bucks. Mangena was part of the squad that travelled to watch the 1986 FA Cup final in England. Sundowns played a 2--2 draw where Mangena scored a brace in a pre-match friendly against Crystal Palace reserves on 10 May 1986. Mangena was sold to Moroka Swallows on 8 June 1986.[7][8]

Kaizer Chiefs

He ended his short 12-year career at the age of 30 where he won the MTN 8, JPS and Bob Save Super Bowl.[9]

After Retirement

Since 1990 he has worked as a soccer analyst at SABC;[10] and he is the owner of Harcourts Unlimited,[11] a real estate business based in the historic Kliptown, Soweto.

In November 2018, Mangena was arrested after a drug manufacturing lab was found on his property.[12]

Personal life

Mangena was charged and arrested after a drug manufacturing plant was found in his house in Randfontein.[13]

References
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  6. https://archive.org/stream/Kickoff_December_2015/Kickoff_December_2015_djvu.txt
  7. https://archive.org/stream/Kickoff_December_2015/Kickoff_December_2015_djvu.txt
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. http://harcourts.co.za/People/15783/Mike-Mangena
  12. "Football legend Mike Mangena bust for drugs out on R50K bail". iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  13. Dlamini, Penwell (22 November 2018). "Mike Mangena in jail over drugs find". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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