Bafana Bafana veteran midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala reflects on his illustrious career at Kaizer Chiefs ahead of his move to Europe.
With Tshabalala’s departure from Amakhosi confirmed, the 33-year-old is set to join Turkish Super Lig side BB Erzurumspor before the transfer window closes on Friday and will end his 12-year spell at Naturena.
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Tshabalala looked back on his career and has identified winning the MTN8 during the 2008-09 campaign as his best season at Chiefs.
‘On a personal level, I would say the 2008-09 season when we won the MTN8,’ he told his club’s official website.
‘I won all the Kaizer Chiefs awards at the end of the season, including the Player of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season, Goal of the Season, Top Goalscorer of the Season, the Amakhosi Readers’ Choice of the Season and the Amakhosi Online Player of the Season.’
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When asked about his favourite goal in the black and gold of Chiefs, the Bafana midfielder could not single out any of the 58 goals he scored from 372 appearances in all competitions.
‘It’s difficult to single out one,’ he added.
‘However, for me, the most important was my first goal. That came in the 2007 Telkom Knockout quarter-final against SuperSport United when I scored the match-winner (Chiefs won 1-0).
‘It helped us go to the semis. We actually went on to win the Telkom Knockout that season.’
