Manqoba Mngqithi

Manqoba Mngqithi (born 25 April 1971 in Umzimkhulu) is a South African soccer coach who currently coaches Young Africans Sports club. Quotes I always try to show respect to our opponents. That starts with learning the players’ names rather than referring to them by numbers, as though they are cattle. Saying ‘number 20’ or ‘number five’ does not sound right to me I make sure I do my homework so that my players understand what they will be up against. That is very important. We analyse the opposition thoroughly and try to make them as much of an open book as possible for our players before finding the right solutions. Our job as coaches is to ensure we do not go into these matches blind or without a clear understanding of what we are likely to face, The Manqoba Mngqithi trait that has stunned Tanzanian journalists, August 2026, FARPost, by Mthokozisi Dube I think in my football career, I’ve been in this merry-go-round of being a head coach in and out I’m very grateful for what Sundowns has done for me over the years. I do not want to be the kind of guy who whenever the relationship ends, only wants to be negative. I’ve enjoyed my time. We have won countless trophies; I don’t even know how many. I’ve enjoyed every moment during that time, and with different coaches. During my time, I had an exciting technical team who did their best. I’m sitting here very proud, knowing I did my best. I cannot complain and say, ‘Hey, maybe I should have, I could have From that point onwards, we gave it our best shot, even those we did not win. I still believe we deserved to win with good matches (performances, in the games we lost). WATCH: Sacked coach Manqoba Mngqithi: ‘I’m proud of my stay at Mamelodi Sundowns’, September 2026, IOL by Herman Gibbs There are people who always find a way to speak negatively about a person. The Chiefs one never even reached the stage of (negotiating) terms because someone blocked it. I’m fortunate to know the person who blocked it, and I’m not even worried about it, but it is true that there was interest. Even recently there was interest from Chiefs I’ve had cordial talks even with Kaizer Motaung Sr. I know they have always shown interest in me, but for whatever reasons, it never happens. I don’t have a problem with that because there are so many jobs on this planet Manqoba Mngqithi reveals outside interference blocked blockbuster move to Kaizer Chiefs, August 2026, IOL Smiso Msomi External Links Category:Coaches and managers from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1971 births