Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto

Date: 16 Feb 1962
Updated: 16 Feb 2022

Marks Maponyane is a former football player and businessman born in Meadowlands, Soweto on 16 February 1962. Maponyane played professional football for 17 years and was awarded footballer of the year three times. He played for Kaizer chiefs from 1981 to 1991 and also played for Orlando Pirates, Wits University and the now defunct Dynamos. After he retired, Maponyane focused more on his motivational speaking which he had begun while still a football player and also entered the cooperate world as a sales executive for Adidas and later, Reebok. He works as a sports commentator for the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) and owns a clothing and a cooperate gifts Company, Maponyane & Associates cc.

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01Who’s who, Marks Maponyane, from who'swho southern africa, [online], Available at www.whoswho.co.za [Accessed: 11 February 2013]
02TV SA, Marks Maponyane, from The South African TV Authority, [online], Available at www.tvsa.co.za [Accessed: 11 February 2013]

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South African History Online. (2013, February 14). Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094868

South African History Online (2013) 'Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto', South African History Online, 14 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094868 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).

South African History Online, Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094868, (accessed 27 July 2026).

"Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto." South African History Online, 14 Feb. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094868. Accessed 27 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto." South African History Online. February 14, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094868.