Sibongiseni Mthethwa

Sibongiseni Mthethwa (born 20 September 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League.

Club career
Playing for the Black Leopards and being relegated from the 2020-21 South African Premier Division, Mthethwa was signed by first-tier team Stellenbosch in the winter of 2022.

Following a good start of the 2022-23 South African Premier Division campaign, he was suggested for a callup to Bafana Bafana. Only three Stellenbosch players had been called up before, these being Athenkosi Mcaba, Antonio van Wyk and Jayden Adams. The callup came for two friendly matches in September 2022. He featured in one of the games, against Botswana. Mthethwa was subsequently called up to the 2023 COSAFA Cup as well.

Nearing the end of the season, several clubs were linked with buying Mthethwa, including Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu. Stellenbosch manager Steve Barker was reluctant to sell to a South African club, but was "not going to stand in the way when a European team comes in for one of our players, and he's got an opportunity to play at a higher level".

On 21 September 2023, with just two days remaining of the transfer window, Mthethwa signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal.

Personal life
Mthethwa is nicknamed Ox. He hails from Estcourt.

Honours
South Africa


 * Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023