Thulani Hlatshwayo’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African association footballer
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

18 December 1989, Soweto, South Africa

Age 31 years
Star sign Sagittarius
Stats
Height: 198 cm
Sports Teams
Ajax Cape Town F.C.
Bidvest Wits F.C.
South Africa national under-20 football team
South Africa national under-23 football team
South Africa national football team

Thulani Hlatswayo (born 18 December 1989) is a South African professional footballer, who plays for and captains both Bidvest Wits and the South African national team as a defender.

Career

Ajax Cape Town

Hlatshwayo was born in Soweto, Gauteng. He made his professional debut for Ajax on 5 August 2009 in a 2–1 win against Orlando Pirates, in a quarter-final match of the 2009 MTN 8 tournament at the Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg. He was promoted from the club’s youth academy ranks after years of good showing for both the club and the country’s national youth teams.

Bidvest Wits

In the early months of 2014 it was announced that ‘Tyson’ as he is efficiently known has signed a pre-contract with Bidvest Wits. By doing so Hlatshwayo ended speculations that he was heading to Orlando Pirates. He joined the Johannesburg-based club in June. He has since been a force to be reckoned alongside another former Ajax CT player in Thato Mokeke. He started in Bidvest’s opening league game against SuperSport United.

International career

Youth teams

Hlatswayo has played for both the South Africa national under-17 and under-20 teams. He was also a member of the South African U-20 team that played in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which lost to Ghana in a 2–1 defeat, losing to the eventual champions in the Round of 16 of the tournament.

Senior team

Hlatswayo was included in South Africa’s squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and scored an own goal in the team’s opening match as they lost 3–1 to Algeria. On 13 October 2018, he was one of South Africa’s goalscorers as the nation recorded its largest ever victory with a 6–0 win over Seychelles in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 12 July 2019
South Africa national team
Year Apps Goals
2013 6 0
2014 4 0
2015 9 1
2016 8 1
2017 4 0
2018 6 1
2019 6 0
Total 43 3

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa’s goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 January 2015 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville  Mali 1–0 3–0 Friendly
2. 25 March 2015 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba  Swaziland 1–0 3–1 Friendly
12 November 2016 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa  South Africa 1–0 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 13 October 2018 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg  Seychelles 2–0 6–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club

Ajax Cape Town

  • 2009 MTN 8: Finalist
  • 2010 Telkom Knockout: Finalist
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