Godfrey Sapula

Godfrey Zolile Sapula (born 7 November 1973) is a former South African soccer player and coach who played as a midfielder. He is the current coach of the SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. Quotes It is wise to learn from other people’s mistakes not from your own. I become independent at a very young age, during my days at Cosmos I left home at a young age but made sure I was still in touch with home. The biggest problem we have is that a lot of footballers from the township were never coached on how to handle money, you go from earning nothing to 30, 40 or 50 thousand, you are on TV, people idolise you and the celebrity status comes with expectations of living in the suburbs and so on. It could be an expensive lifestyle, you also need a good family structure to help you cope as well Sapula heartened by players he worked with doing so well, November 2017,The Citizens, by Thembinkosi Sekhaphane But also, ask about the qualifications; I've done my CAF B in 2012 and then I finished my CAF A this year. So, it's been a long wait for me to complete my CAF A because there's only been one CAF A [course] in the last 10 years, this one was the second, But it shows that we also know that it's not enough to say: 'I know the game, I know it all'. No, we are students of the game and we continue to be students of the game. There is a lot of evolution in football. I cannot coach based on what I did as a player because the information is accessible to these players now, so I need to also evolve and be able to coach them But if you are staying behind, the game will leave you behind and you won't be able to coach the coming generation. So, equip yourself and make sure that you are able to advance. Especially with the success of the club, you have to make sure that you are at that level that can continue the success of the first team," Sapula issues warning to former footballers, August 2024, KICKOFF, by KO Staff There's a lot of things we can still fix like our decision making, and I also want to tap into the potential the players have to be more clinical in front of goal. The players deserve all the credit because they kept the intensity at a high level from the first minute to the final whistle. Our tempo was high and our counter pressing was really good in order to win the ball back quickly. Godfrey Sapula sets sights on Champions League glory, August 2026, SABC SPORT by Mpumi Manyisi External links Category:Football (soccer) coaches Category:Soccer players from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1973 births