Mpho Makola’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Footballer
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

4 May 1986, Alexandra, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Age 34 years

Mpho Makola (born May 4, 1986 in Alexandra, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates.

Early life

Makola was born and raised in Alexandra and attended school in Yeoville Community Primary School and Barnato Park High School where he was a sports all rounder. He joined the Kaizer Chiefs academy in 1999 from Alex Sheffield. By the age of 15, Makola became his family’s main breadwinner and took care of his mother and six siblings. As a teenager, Makola consumed drugs and hung around gangsters and nearly joined a hijacking syndicate. He later played for Vaal University of Technology and earned R900 a month.

International career

He scored on his international debut against Senegal in an international friendly on 8 September 2015.

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 September 2015 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Senegal 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 6 September 2016 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Egypt 1–0 1–0 Friendly
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