Thabane Sutu’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Association football player and coach
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From Lesotho
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

Maseru, Lesotho

Thabane Sutu is a Lesotho football goalkeeping coach and former player. Sutu began his footballing career in his native Lesotho and later played for Egyptian club Al Ahly. During his time with Al Ahly, Sutu also captained his national team from 1994 to 1997. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for MLS side Orlando City, having followed head coach James O’Connor from Louisville City.

Coaching career

In 1998, Sutu officially ended his playing career and returned to Arsenal as a youth coach. However, after several months at his boyhood club, Sutu decided to move to America with his soon-to-be wife and study exercise physiology at the University of Louisville. In 2001, Sutu returned to football as the technical director and coach at the youth level side United 1996 in Louisville. Through his work with the youth club, Sutu was the recipient of Kentucky’s Coach of the Year award in 2006 and led his team to a Kentucky state youth championship in 2009. In 2015, Sutu joined Louisville City for its inaugural USL season as the team’s goalkeeping coach. After reaching the USL Eastern Conference Final in three consecutive seasons and winning the 2017 USL Championship, Sutu parted ways with Louisville City in the summer of 2018 to join former Louisville City head coach James O’Connor as his goalkeeping coach at Orlando City of Major League Soccer. In August 2018, Sutu was inducted into the Kentucky Soccer Hall of Fame for his work with United 1996 and Louisville City.

Honours

Player

Arsenal

  • Lesotho Premier League: 1989, 1991, 1993
  • Lesotho Cup: 1989, 1991

Al Ahly

  • Egyptian Premier League: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
  • African Cup Winners’ Cup: 1993

Goalkeeping coach

Louisville City

  • USL Cup: 2017
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