Sibusiso Zuma

Football player infobox
playername= Sibusiso Zuma
fullname = Sibusiso Zuma


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|6|23
cityofbirth = Durban
countryofbirth = South Africa
height = height|m=1.80
currentclub = Mamelodi Sundowns
clubnumber = 11
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–1998
1998–2000
2000–2005
2005–2008
2008–
clubs =African Wanderers
Orlando Pirates
FC København
Arminia Bielefeld
Mamelodi Sundowns
caps(goals) =071 (29)
070 (37)
145 (40)
069 0(8)
nationalyears = 1998–
nationalteam = South Africa
nationalcaps(goals) = 067 (13)
pcupdate = 30 July 2008
ntupdate = 9 September 2008

Sibusiso Zuma (born June 23, 1975 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African professional football player who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns. He has represented the South Africa national football team in 57 matches.

Zuma started his career for South African clubs Mighty Pa, African Wanderers and Orlando Pirates. In June 2000, he joined Danish club FC København, where he blossomed as a player. [cite web | url = http://fck.dk/fck/historie/1999/ | title = FCK's history 1999-2000 | language = Danish | accessdate = 2008-03-17] He helped the club win its second Danish football championship and was voted into the club's hall of fame for his outstanding efforts in the 2004-2005 season, and in 2001 Zuma was tied for 29th place for the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award. He played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After 5½ years in FC København, Sibusiso Zuma was sold to German Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld for 1 million euros in July 2005. [cite web | url = http://fck.dk/nyhedsvisning/?newsid=794 | title = Zuma skifter til Arminia Bielefeld | language = Danish | accessdate = 2008-03-17]

He is also known as "Zuma the Puma" to the club's supporters.

He was the captain of South African National team at the 2006 African Cup of Nations tournament.

Incident

On June 25, 2007 it was reported that Zuma had been involved in an incident in his home country South Africa. [cite web | url = http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=311004 | title = Sibusiso Zuma may face criminal charges | accessdate = 2008-03-17 | date = 2007-06-12] After an altercation there were allegations that he threatened to shoot a group of men at a party in Kokstad. The local police investigated the situation, and Zuma was prevented from leaving the country for a period, but no charges were made. [cite web | url = http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-7372450.html | title = Fodboldspilleren Zuma i skuddrama | language = Danish | accessdate = 2008-03-17]

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 21 June 2008 Sibusiso Zuma signed for Mamelodi Sundowns. [cite web | url = http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=3476 | title = Zuma signs for Sundowns | date = 2008-06-21 | accessdate = 2008-07-30 | publisher = Kick Off]

External links

* [http://www.arminia-bielefeld.de/index.php?id=detailansicht00&no_cache=1&p=254&f=899 Arminia Bielefeld profile]

References