Who is aaron mokoena

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The year-old former Bafana captain retired in with caps, having spent 13 years overseas too. Despite his tumultuous relationship with supporters, he was trusted by many coaches in a Bafana career that saw him hold the record as the youngest player to ever don the green and gold for 15 years.

It never bothered me who does what, who loves me or not. People will always talk. Working with veteran team manager Barney Khujane, the aim was for Mokoena to take over from him.

At City, he has reunited with his former mentor and coach, Jan Olde Riekerink, to put that licence to good use. We spoke about the fact that we worked together, and that talk led to me joining the club. The most capped player in South African history, officially a Citizen.

Welcome Mbazo! MokoenaBegins iamCityFC pic. On 4 January , aged 24 he moved to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in which he described his move as a dream. He won his th cap against Guatemala in Polokwane in a 5—0 win on 3 May , and celebrated by taking to the field wearing the number on the back of his shirt.

On 11 June , he captained Bafana Bafana in the opening group game against Mexico of the World Cup and also played the full 90 minutes alongside Bongani Khumalo in a 1—1 draw in Johannesburg.

As of , Mokoena has won caps for his country and has scored 1 goal since debuting back in Mokoena has also played at the and Africa Cup of Nations.

He is the youngest ever player to have represented South Africa, having played in for the Summer Olympics qualifiers aged 18—19; he later replaced Lucas Radebe as captain of his country. On 28 October , Mokoena signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with Pompey lasting until summer He made 70 appearances and has scored 3 goals for Portsmouth in all competitions.

On 18 June , he said that he could be leaving Portsmouth because he has been very frustrated at being on the bench on a regular basis. Mokoena scored his first league goal in English football having previously scored three in the FA Cup when he netted on 58 minutes and completed the full 90 minutes in a 3—1 victory over Bristol City at Fratton Park on 28 September During this time Mokoena was strongly linked with a transfer to Bidvest Wits and did not show up to the first day of pre-season training.

On 10 July, Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton stated that he believed Mokoena would leave Portsmouth within 24 hours.