Sandile

Mthethwa

CB AmaZulu #42

Centre-Back – Defender

Sandile Mthethwa

AmaZulu PSL

Top 21% of centre-backs in the world
#558 centre-back aged 26–29
Top 17% in the PSL

Date of birth / Age: 14 Apr 1997 (29)
Citizenship: South Africa
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.85 m / 76 kg
Main position: Centre-Back
Joined club: 17 Dec 2024

Benchmarks

centre-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1631

centre-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#558

among centre-backs aged 26–29

In his league

84%

of PSL centre-backs rank below him

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 26
Starting eleven: 25
Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,275

Starting eleven96%

25 of 26 appearances

Minutes played2,275

88 per appearance

Goal involvement2

1 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

81 matches · since 2019/20

DMCMCFRBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	74	2	2
Right-Back	4	0	0
Centre-Forward	1	0	0
Central Midfield	1	0	0
Defensive Midfield	1	0	0

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Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	PSL	AmaZulu	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	387
2025/26	PSL	AmaZulu	26	25	1	1	2	0	0	2,275
2024/25	PSL	AmaZulu	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	899
2023/24	MTN 8 Cup	Orlando Pirates	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/23	PSL	Orlando Pirates	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	478
2022/23	Cup	Orlando Pirates	3	1	1	–	1	–	0	136
2021/22	PSL	Chippa United	23	20	1	–	2	–	0	1,884
2021/22	PSL	Orlando Pirates	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2021/22	Cup	Chippa United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	PSL	Chippa United	22	19	1	1	2	0	1	1,644
2021	Cup	Chippa United	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	300
2020/21	Play-offs 1/2	Chippa United	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	180
2019/20	PSL	Chippa United	8	6	0	0	1	0	1	583
2019/20	Cup	Chippa United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	Cup	Richards Bay	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	106
2019	COSAFA Cup	South Africa	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	240
2017/18	Motsepe Foundation Championship	Richards Bay	6	6	0	–	0	–	0	540
2017/18	Cup	Richards Bay	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2017	FIFA U20 World Cup	South Africa U20	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2017	COSAFA Cup	South Africa	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	49
2017	Africa U20 Cup of Nations	South Africa U20	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	390

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			133	114	5	2^*	10	0^*	2	10,645

By competition	Apps	G	A
PSL	104	3	2
Cup	11	1	–
Motsepe Foundation Championship	6	0	–
South Africa U20	6	0	–
South Africa	3	0	–
Play-offs 1/2	2	1	–
MTN 8 Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Dec 2024 Dec 2024 · Transfer Orlando Pirates AmaZulu Transfer
Aug 2022 Aug 2022 · Back from Loan Chippa United Orlando Pirates Back from Loan
Aug 2021 Aug 2021 · Loan Orlando Pirates Chippa United Loan Loan
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Back from Loan Chippa United Orlando Pirates Back from Loan
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Back from Loan Richards Bay Orlando Pirates Back from Loan
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Loan Orlando Pirates Chippa United Loan Loan
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan Orlando Pirates Richards Bay Loan Loan
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Free Transfer Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
AmaZulu 2024–2027 41 1
Orlando Pirates 2021–2024 14 1
Chippa United 2019–2022 60 3
Richards Bay 2017–2019 9 0

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