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Gift Leremi
South African soccer player
| Full name | Mpho Gift Leremi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | ()13 October | ||
| Place of birth | Soweto, South Africa | ||
| Date of death | 3 September () (aged&#;22) | ||
| Place of death | Alberton, South Africa | ||
| Height | &#;m (5&#;ft 9&#;in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Sprinters Development Soccer Academy | |||
| Orlando Pirates | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Orlando Pirates | 70 | (15) |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | (1) | |
| – | South Africa U23 | 21 | (0) |
| – | South Africa | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July, ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July, | |||
Mpho Gift Leremi (13 October – 3 September ) was a South African footballmidfielder who last played for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League, and South Africa.
Gift leremi biography of albert It is that one glorious dream in which one nimbly and gracefully dances past opponents and, with an expectant and excited crowd roaring at their back, blasts the ball into the opposition net. He braked hard as the car cut over the left lane and shoulder, before hitting a shallow drainage ditch. He was the proverbial man who dreamt with his eyes wide open. Register Sign in.Leremi died in a car crash on 3 September near Johannesburg, South Africa.[2]
Career
Leremi was an offensive midfielder who began his career with the youth club Pimville Giants in Soweto, where he was born, and discovered by Orlando Pirates in at a local soccer tournament. Upon joining the Pirates development team, Augusto Palacios, the Pirates youth director, immediately recognized the talent in the player and took him under his wing.
Leremi made his debut for Orlando Pirates in –03 season of the Premier Soccer League on 10 August against Moroka Swallows, winning the league title in his debut season.
In the summer of he moved to the then Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.
Death
On 3 September , Leremi was returning home after a CAF Confederation Cup game in Cameroon against Astres FC when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton outside Johannesburg.[3] He sustained massive injuries and ultimately died as a result of the accident.