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born 1992 South Africa
Bongani Zungu (born 9 October 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Amazulu and the South Africa national team.
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African teams have never won the FIFA World Cup so it would be amazing for the continent if it were to happen. I’m really looking forward to the tournament kicking off soon.
But this is a new challenge and I’m very happy and I can’t wait to get started.
Instead of having the mentality of competing, I feel very happy and honoured to play amongst the quality players.
I worked with many good coaches and world class players such as Jermain Defoe.
I’ll always be grateful to Sundowns, forever.
The lifestyle in Europe is different and it helped me in terms of maturity off the pitch.
Of course, for every player, it is good to play amongst quality players and, for me, it is about coming to add my qualities.
I know quite a few things about the club.
When the team was interested in me, I did my research and realised it is such a huge club.
Coach Manqoba is a father figure to me and continuously gives me valuable advice.
I grew up watching the gaffer [Gerrard] and I am very excited to work with him.
That is maybe the reason why [I didn’t reach the heights of my first stint].
It feels great to be back with players I have developed my career alongside.
I am a guy that takes risks ever since I was young.
I made the decision for my own good and my own mental happiness.
I always want to move and take risks
As I said, it is very good to have quality around you and players that know what they are doing
And obviously that triggers you because football players are human beings, you have to be happy and put yourself first
Before re-signing with Sundowns, I thought about what I wanted to achieve, and the CAF Champions League is something that influenced my decision.
When I was young in South Africa, growing up, my dad used to speak to me and my brothers about the club.
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