{{short description|South African soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Daniel Mudau |image = DanielMudau1995.jpg |image_size = 200 |caption = Mudau in 1995 |fullname = Daniel Mbulaheni Mudau |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|4|df=y}} |birth_place = Mamelodi, South Africa |height = |position = Striker |years1 = 1991 |clubs1 = Ratanang Maholosiane |caps1 = 37 |goals1 = 7 |years2 = 1992–2003 |clubs2 = Mamelodi Sundowns |caps2 = 351 |goals2 = 155 |totalcaps = 388 |totalgoals = 162 |nationalyears1 = 1993–2000 |nationalteam1 = South Africa |nationalcaps1 = 16 |nationalgoals1 = 3 }}
'''Daniel Mudau''' (born 4 September 1968) is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
==Early life== Daniel Mbulaheni Mudau was born on 4 September 1968 in Mamelodi.<ref>[http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/thisday/extra-dates.php?nd=09-04 South African History Online]{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref>
==Career== Mudau played club football for Ratanang Maholosiane and Mamelodi Sundowns; he also earned sixteen caps for the South African national side between 1993 and 2000, scoring 3 goals.<ref>{{NFT player|id=13339|accessdate=}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180954/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13339/Daniel_Mudau.html Archived] from the original on 14 July 2014.</ref>
He is the all-time top goal scorer for the Mamelodi Sundowns.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 July 2011 |title=Sapula rejoins Sundowns |url=http://www.supersport.com/football/absa-premiership/news/110705/Sapula_rejoins_Sundowns |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109074908/https://supersport.com/football/absa-premiership/news/110705/Sapula_rejoins_Sundowns |archive-date=9 January 2014 |website=supersport.com}}</ref>
Mudau scored one of the goals in Sundowns' losing effort in the 1994 BP Top 8 final.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nazo |first=Beaver |title=#TBT Remember When Amakhosi Stunned Downs In The 1994 BP Top 8 Final? |url=https://www.snl24.com/soccerladuma/local/supporters-club/tbt-remember-when-amakhosi-stunned-downs-in-the-1994-bp-top-8-final-20170316 |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=Soccer Laduma |language=en-US}}</ref>
Mudau was also known for an incident in the aftermath of Sundown's penalty shootout loss to Kaizer Chiefs in the 2001 BP Top 8 final. Mudau, who had scored both Sundown's goals, but was substituted shortly before Chief's last-minute equaliser, struck teammate Charles Motlohi, believing he had refused to take a crucial penalty. Mudau subsequently apologised.<ref name="snl_klap">{{Cite web |last=Mlotha |first=Sipho |title=Charles Motlohi: Why Daniel Mudau klapped me after 2001 BP Top 8 final penalty shootout |url=https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/charles-motlohi-why-daniel-mudau-klapped-me-after-2001-bp-top-8-final-penalty-shootout-20200518 |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Kickoff |language=en-US}}</ref>
==International career== He made his debut on 6 October 1993 in a 4-0 loss against Mexico. Mudau scored his first goal in a 3-2 win over Mozambique in the 70th minute on 30 September 1995. His last international came exactly 4 years later versus Saudi Arabia.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Nikulski |first=Dirk |last2=Tabeira |first2=Martín |date= |title=South Africa - International Matches 1992-1995 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf-intres1995.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204011022/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf-intres1995.html |archive-date=4 December 2022 |accessdate=24 November 2013 |website=rsssf.org}}</ref> He was part of the squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.
==Career statistics==
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 30 September 1995 || FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa || {{fb|MOZ}} || 3–2 || Win || Friendly |- | 2. || 9 May 1999 || National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica || {{fb|JAM}} || 1–1 || Draw || Friendly |- | 3. || 20 June 1999 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ANG}} || 2–2 || Draw || 2000 African Nations Cup qual. |- | colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 9 March 2017''</small><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Nikulski |first=Dirk |last2=Tabeira |first2=Martín |title=South Africa - International Matches 1996-2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf-intres2000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204011024/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf-intres2000.html |archive-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=rsssf.org}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}{{National Soccer League Golden Boot Award}} {{South Africa Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{South Africa Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mudau, Daniel}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mamelodi Category:South African men's soccer players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:1996 African Cup of Nations players Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Category:Soccer players from Gauteng Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Category:20th-century South African sportsmen