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Sive Pekezela

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Sive Pekezela
Personal information
Full name Sive Ricardo Pekezela
Date of birth (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Defender
Youth career
Rovers United
Vasco Da Gama
F.C. Cape Town
2009–2011 ASD Cape Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Beerschot AC 0 (0)
2013–2014 Gefle IF 11 (0)
2016 All Stars 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sive Ricardo Pekezela (born 3 April 1992) is a South African former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Career

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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 club's 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

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  1. ^ "Sive Pekezela" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. 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. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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