2016 has been absolutely the year for Mamelodi Sundowns’ Hlompho Kekana. Afterwards a 2015/16 calm appellation celebration in May, the South African midfielder was trusted with the club captaincy in August afterwards the abandonment of above team-mate Ramahlwe Mphahlele.
Since donning the armband for Sundowns, added titles and accolades accept followed for the midfield workhorse. Kekana guided Masandawana to their aboriginal CAF Champions League bays in October afore authoritative the Buy Fifa Coins Puskas Award’s ten-person shortlist just endure month, afterwards scoring from his own bisected for Bafana Bafana adjoin Cameroon ashamed in March.
Kekana’s memorable year assured with the 31-year-old travelling to Japan for the 2016 FIFA Club Apple Cup, captaining the aboriginal South African ancillary to yield allotment in the competition.
“2016 has been a acceptable year for us as a aggregation and alone I’d say that it’s a year I’ll never forget,” Kekana told MMO4PAL.com. “We accept been aflame with our achievements this year. Appropriation the Champions League was huge and afresh to be arena at the Club Apple Cup was an even bigger footfall for us as a team. Competing at that akin is consistently special, every amateur in the apple wants to yield allotment in the Club Apple Cup.
“It inspires me a lot to captain a aggregation like this," he continued. "Mamelodi Sundowns are an aggressive aggregation and we plan harder on and off the field. I’m actual advantaged to plan with this group. I anticipate we are authoritative our own little bit of history and it’s important to accumulate working, cutting and searching for added and more.”
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