Avril Phali

{{short description|South African soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Avril Phali | image = | caption = | fullname = Avril Thabang Mateu Phali <ref>{{cite web|url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/citypress/2002/03/10/36/3.html |title=Profile |publisher=Citypress |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425014036/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/citypress/2002/03/10/36/3.html |archivedate=2012-04-25 |df= }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Vereeniging, South Africa | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Jomo Cosmos (goalkeeping coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sebokeng Black Rhinos | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Vaal Ambassadors | years1 = 2000–2006 | years2 = 2006–2007 | years3 = 2007–2012 | clubs1 = Jomo Cosmos | clubs2 = Orlando Pirates | clubs3 = Jomo Cosmos | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | club-update = 20 July 2012 }}

'''Avril Phali''' (born 17 August 1978) is a South African former professional footballer who played for Jomo Cosmos as a goalkeeper.

==Club career== Phali has played for Sebokeng Black Rhinos, Vaal Ambassadors, Jomo Cosmos and Orlando Pirates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psl.co.za/profiles.asp?team=cosmos&teamID=44728 |title=Profile |publisher=Premier Soccer League |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205065258/http://www.psl.co.za/profiles.asp?team=cosmos&teamID=44728 |archivedate=2011-12-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://absapremiership.ensight.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=6689 |title=Profile |publisher=ABSA Premiership |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404022125/http://absapremiership.ensight.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=6689 |archivedate=2012-04-04 |df= }}</ref> After Cosmos were relegated from the Premier Soccer League in the 2009–10 season, Phali announced he would remain with the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/14445/avril-phali-will-go-down-with-jomo-cosmos.php|title=Phali will go down with Cosmos|date=17 March 2010|author=Ernest Fakude|publisher=Kickoff.com}}</ref> The next season, Phali won the National First Division title with the Cosmos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/avril-phali/88658/|title=Profile|publisher=Soccerway}}</ref> In July 2011, Jomo Sono announced that he wanted Phali to become the Cosmos' goalkeeping coach after he retired from football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/22891/bamuza-sono-and-avril-phali-rewarded-at-jomo-cosmos.php|title=Sono, Phali face new roles at Cosmos|date=11 July 2011|author=Mthulisi Sibanda|publisher=Kickoff.com}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phali, Avril}} Category:1978 births Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Living people Category:South African men's soccer players Category:Orlando Pirates F.C. players Category:Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Category:Sportspeople from Vereeniging Category:2006 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Soccer players from Gauteng