Siyabonga Ngezana
.jpg) Ngezana with FCSB in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Siyabonga Ngezana | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sebokeng, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | FCSB | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Pirates | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Kaizer Chiefs | 95 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | FCSB | 58 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | South Africa U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | South Africa U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | South Africa | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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Siyabonga Ngezana (born 15 July 1997) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club FCSB and the South Africa national team.[2][1]
In November 2023, The South African awarded Ngezana the award for the Best South African Footballer In Europe.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 August 2025[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kaizer Chiefs | 2017–18 | South African Premiership | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | South African Premiership | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | South African Premiership | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | South African Premiership | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13[d] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | South African Premiership | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | South African Premiership | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 95 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 6 | |||
| FCSB | 2023–24 | Liga I | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Liga I | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 16[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[g] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 153 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 206 | 8 | |||
- ^ Includes Nedbank Cup, Cupa României
- ^ Includes Carling Knockout Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in MTN 8
- ^ Appearances in CAF Champions League
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance in Supercupa României
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of matches played on 25 March 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
Honours
Kaizer Chiefs
- Nedbank Cup runner-up: 2018–19
- Carling Black Label Cup: 2021
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2020–21
FCSB[2]
South Africa U23
- U-23 Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2019
Individual
- The South African Best South African Footballer in Europe: 2023
- Liga I Team of the Season: 2023–24, 2024–25[4]
- SuperLiga Defender of the Season: 2024 [5]
References
- ^ a b c Siyabonga Ngezana at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c Siyabonga Ngezana at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Former Kaizer Chiefs star wins best player award in Europe". thesouthafrican.com. 2 November 2023.
- ^ "SUPERLIGA – Echipa sezonului 2024-2025". lpf.ro.
- ^ "Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Siyabonga Ngezana wins major award in Romania | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.