Mike Mangena
Personal information
Date of birth 1958 (age 65–66)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

  1. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Kickoff December 2015".
  7. ↑ "Kickoff December 2015".
  8. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Meet the Speakers". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Mobile Agent". harcourts.co.za. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014.
  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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