Bongi Ntuli
Personal information
Full name Bonginkosi Ntuli
Date of birth (1991-03-28)28 March 1991
Place of birth Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Date of death 5 November 2023(2023-11-05) (aged 32)
Place of death Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2009–2011 Sobantu Shooting Stars
2011–2012 Golden Arrows B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Golden Arrows 54 (13)
2014–2019 Mamelodi Sundowns 1 (0)
2015 → AmaZulu (loan) 12 (6)
2015–2018 → Platinum Stars (loan) 63 (14)
2018 → AmaZulu (loan) 15 (5)
2019–2023 AmaZulu 85 (35)
Total 230 (73)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bonginkosi Ntuli (28 March 1991 – 5 November 2023) was a South African professional soccer player who played as a striker for AmaZulu.[2]

Career

Ntuli began his career in the Vodacom League with Sobantu Shooting Stars before joining the Golden Arrows reserve team.[3] He made his debut for Arrows in January 2012.[3] He went on to join Mamelodi Sundowns in 2014,[4] however, he battled to break into the team and six months later he joined AmaZulu on loan.[5] From 2015 to 2018, Ntuli was on loan at Platinum Stars.[6][7][8]

In July 2018, Ntuli went on trial with Djurgårdens IF.[9] This due to Ntuli and Djurgården not being able to agree on the financials of his deal.[10] In August 2018, it was confirmed that Ntuli had joined AmaZulu on loan,[11] with his deal becoming permanent after being part of a swap deal which saw him stay onboard with AmaZulu and Emiliano Tade go the other way and join Sundowns.[12]

Death

Bongi Ntuli died from a rare form of cancer in Pietermaritzburg, on 5 November 2023, at the age of 32.[13] His last soccer game happened only seven weeks earlier, on 17 September 2023.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bongi Ntuli at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Mphahlele, Mahlatse (14 April 2020). "AmaZulu's Bongi Ntuli hopes he still has a chance to chase Pirates rival Gabadinho Mhango". The Times. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Q&A with Bongi Ntuli". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ntuli and Zwane finally join Sundowns | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  5. ↑ "Ntuli Leaves Sundowns For AmaZulu". Soccer Laduma. 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bongi Ntuli joins Platinum Stars on one-year loan deal". Kick Off. 23 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bongi Ntuli returns to Platinum Stars on loan". Kick Off. 30 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Reporter, Phakaaathi (31 August 2017). "Ntuli joins Dikwena on loan from Sundowns".
  9. ↑ "SYDAFRIKANSK ANFALLARE PÅ PROVSPEL". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Why on-loan Sundowns forward | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  11. ↑ "AmaZulu sign Bongi Ntuli on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns". www.iol.co.za.
  12. ↑ "Usuthu land Ntuli on a permanent deal, Tade joins Sundowns". 30 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "RIP Bongi Ntuli". iDiski Times. 5 November 2023.


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