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born 2000 South Africa
Sekotori Evidence Makgopa (born 5 June 2000) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for South African Premiership side Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team. He represented the South Africa under-23 team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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I didn’t really play football until I was 13.
For protecting the ball, Mothiba. I still study players on YouTube. It has helped me a lot.
Someone had believed in me, given me a chance, perhaps over an experienced player.
So I started studying players off YouTube and I think this has really helped me.
From where I come from, I knew it was going to be really difficult for me to make it, so I knew I had to go that extra mile.
Then I started playing in matches for the first time in my village
Fortunately everything went according to plan. I scored a brace and we won.
Growing up in a small, rural area, you don’t really think about making it in life, yet alone football. I had a file for school and I filled it with newspaper clippings about footballers.
I realised a dream that day. I remember having a video call with my family after the game
Since I started playing as a striker, I’ve been studying Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Tammy Abraham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Lebo Mothiba.
I scored a goal, I hit the post and I feel I got the better of their defenders. It was a great experience.
My dream was to make it in life.
This was something out of a crazy dream. I didn’t think I was good enough to become a professional footballer. I had a lot of doubts.
I played street football, but I never played in a match. My life was dedicated to school. I studied every day, including Saturday and Sunday, and had to walk over ten kilometres to get to school and over ten kilometres to get home.