Thembinkosi Lorch

Thembinkosi Lorch, born (22 July 1993) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward for Orlando Pirates and the South African national team. He was named the South African Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season in 2018/2019.[1][2]

Thembinkosi Lorch
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-22) 22 July 1993
Place of birth Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Orlando Pirates
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Maluti FET College 46 (9)
2015–2016 Cape Town All Stars 23 (5)
2016-2017 Chippa united 13 (3)
2017– Orlando Pirates 117 (25)
National team‡
2016– South Africa 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:50, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Thembinkosi Lorch nicknamed "Nyoso" started his career at Maluti FET College FC and after a game against Jomo Cosmos, got a call from Orlando Pirates Technical Director, Screamer Tshabalala, who told him that Pirates was interested in him. His first PSL game was against Free State Stars, playing for Chippa United on loan from Orlando Pirates. DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small's 2019 song, titled Lorch, was inspired by and named after him. In the 2019/20 Premier Soccer League, Lorch had probably his worst season, just failing to help his team to the league title, eventually finishing 3rd on the table and again missing out on the league. [3]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[4]
South Africa national team
YearAppsGoals
201623
201700
201820
201921
Total64

International goals
Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 July 2019Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Orlando Pirates F.C

° Premier Soccer League

Runners up : 2017/2018, 2018/2019

° Telkom Knockout

Runners up : 2018

° Carling Black Label Cup

2019

° MTN 8

2020

INDIVIDUAL HOUNERS

PSL Footballer of the season (2018/2019)

PSL " players " player of the season (2018/2019)..one of moat interesting games played by lorch is when he was put on as a sub and got a goal then called off again in the 85 minute.

References
  1. "Lorch the big winner at glittering psl awards". sport24.co.za. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. "Thembinkosi lorch wins big at psl awards". timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2019-12-06-dj-maphorisa-thinks-his-verse-on-lorch-is-fire--social-media-agrees/. www.timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. "Thembinkosi Lorch". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 July 2019.


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