Gaba among 5 best Malawi players in South Africa  PSL history – Supersport

Malawian forward Frank ‘Gabadinho’ Mhango has been named among the top Malawi’s  signings in the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL)  alongside  compatriots Ernest Mtawali, Patrick Mabedi, John Maduka  and Robert Ng’ambi, according to Supersport.

Gaba: Among the five greatest Malawian players in PSL history

The 27-year-old striker who was signed by Orlando Pirates from Bidvest Wits at the start of the season in June last year has made a list compiled by  SuperSport – a South Africa-based Pan-Africa group of sports television channels carried on DStv satellite platforms.

Gaba is sitting at the top of the Absa Premiership’s goalscoring charts having impressively netted 14 goals from 17 starts.

“The Malawian star has made an impact at each club that he has played for in the PSL since he arrived in the country in 2013 and joined Bloemfontein Celtic,” reported SuperSport.

The report indicated that  Gabadingho narrowly missed out on the Absa Premiership Golden Boot award by one goal during his debut season (2013/14), before moving to Lamontville Golden Arrows in 2015.

At Arrows, Gabadinho is best remembered for scoring four goals in a single league game against Mpumalanga Black Aces (now known as Cape Town City) in April 2016.

The diminutive forward then moved to Bidvest Wits where he played an integral role in helping the team clinch the Absa Premiership and MTN8 double in his first season with the team.

The Malawian striker  also helped the Clever Boys clinch the 2017 Telkom Knockout Cup and he secured a big move to Pirates ahead of the 2019/20 season.

On Maduka, SuperSport reported that the Malawian legend played 12 successive seasons in the PSL as a reliable defensive midfielder between 1996 and 2009.

Maduka hung up his boots at the end of the 2008/09 season and he was a joint recipient of PSL Chairman’s Award along with SuperSport United legend Andre Arendse at the PSL Awards ceremony in May 2009.

The report heralded Ernest Mtawali, the Malawian legend, who  joined Orlando Pirates in 2000 having already achieved legendary status at Bloemfontein Celtic and Mamelodi Sundowns, before the PSL era.

Mtawali was voted Footballer of the Year in South Africa in 1985, also won the PSL title in his final season (2002/03) with Pirates, before moving to Hellenic.

He retired from professional football in 2004.

 

Also named is Patrick Mabedi, the Kaizer Chiefs legend, branded as one of the finest defenders in the history of the PSL having achieved greatness during his time with the Soweto giants.

Mabedi, who captained Chiefs between 2004 and 2006, arrived in South Africa in 1998 from Big Bullets in Malawi and joined Amakhosi where he enjoyed a glorious spell winning two back-to-back PSL titles between 2004 and 2005.

The retired central defender also won the BP Top 8 Cup (MTN8), four Rothmans Cups (Coca Cola Cup/Telkom Knockout Cup), two Bob Save Super Bowls (Absa Cup/Nedbank Cup) and CAF African Cup Winners’ Cup.

In 2006, Mabedi left the Glamour Boys for Moroka Swallows where he spent two seasons, before he retired from professional football.

Also making the list, Robert Ng’ambi is considered to be a legend at Black Leopards, but he played his best football at the now-defunct Platinum Stars.

Ng’ambi joined Leopards in 2005 and he quickly became an influential player during his six-year spell with Lidoda Duvha, and he played a key role in helping the team finish as runners-up in the 2011 Nedbank Cup.

The former Malawi international was then snapped up by Stars and he played an instrumental role in helping Dikwena finish second in the Absa Premiership (2012/13 season), before they clinched the MTN8 and Telkom Knockout Cup in 2013.

Ng’ambi, who was named 2013 MTN8 Player of the Tournament, is currently on the books of Leopards having rejoined the club in 2018.

Follow and Subscribe Nyasa TV :

Sharing is caring!

Follow us in Twitter
3 Comments
newest
oldest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
MORCY B
MORCY B
3 years ago

all the best….GABA man of the moment

Shoes
3 years ago

All the best Gabadinho

The Judge
The Judge
3 years ago

Proud of you Dude, we celebrate you. kunoso agogo anapita kwawo pano kuli Chakwera, zikuoneka kuti Ambuye atipatsa nkhope yawo ndithu, keep on respect those who are stretching their hands to you.

Read previous post:
Malawi deserves to savour its victory: Will they come or will they go?

The victory in the re-run of the Malawi election on 23 June of the Tonse Alliance, headed by Lazarus Chakwera...

Close