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born 1991 South Africa
Kamohelo Mokotjo (born 11 March 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder.
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It was always about the dream. So, I think for every single professional, every single kid in the townships or anywhere else, it should always be about the dream.
Obviously, not being the obvious South African player, I play more effectively and choose my moments, I control my teammates in situations, make sure that things flow within the team. I know my role.
We play a system, I think, that nobody else plays and it makes it easier for players to understand their roles and to adapt to it.
It™s not really something to be scared of because I know I have my footballing quality - the best aspect of me is my mind, my mentality.
That's the most important thing, stay as professional as I can
Of course, that will get misunderstood because maybe it feels to the public or to coaches that we don't get this type of player, you know.
So, I don't know how to feel about it because I'm from a different generation and a lot is money-based at the moment.
So I must say, the PSL is improving, but yeah, hopefully SAFA and Bafana Bafana just find the correct balance, especially going into Afcon.
So, I'm saying, when it comes to my generation, we never thought about money, you know.
Meeting legends like that, whether it's Zinedine Zidane or any other legend, because I've met a lot, it does put a lot of pressure on you to go on and stand again and maintain what you are doing.
You know, they learn as much from me as I learn from them, let's start there.
It reminds me of the MLS in a way – very athletic, all over the place, but I mean, what we are doing at the club is quite different.
Maintaining my standards, taking care of the 11 that I have on the pitch, the 18 that are in the selection, helping the team where I can, you know.
It's not something that I've given up on, so yeah, so I decided to play here and there were a bit of…
Like I said in the media, it was a bit politicized, me coming back, but all I wanted to do was play football again, get a good feeling from a club and I got that from Sekhukhune and I'm happy.
Yeah, it could be misunderstood, but I'm flexible when it comes to tactics. I try to see the bigger picture when it comes to winning a game of football.
So yeah, that's credit to the technical staff and the club for choosing such a coach (Brandon Truter)
But I'm very grateful for meeting those types of people because they've created a hunger in me for the game that will always stay and I'm really grateful for those moments
But I'm about results, I'm about effectiveness and I really know myself to the core, so I stick to what's important to me, I stick to what I can do best and I think those are my greatest strengths.