# Daniel Mudau
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{{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](/source/Mamelodi), South Africa
|height =
|position = [Striker](/source/Forward_(association_football))
|years1 = 1991
|clubs1 = Ratanang Maholosiane
|caps1 = 37
|goals1 = 7
|years2 = 1992–2003
|clubs2 = [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns_F.C.)
|caps2 = 351
|goals2 = 155
|totalcaps = 388
|totalgoals = 162
|nationalyears1 = 1993–2000
|nationalteam1 = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team)
|nationalcaps1 = 16
|nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
'''Daniel Mudau''' (born 4 September 1968) is a South African former [footballer](/source/association_football) who played at both professional and international levels as a [striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)).
==Early life==
Daniel Mbulaheni Mudau was born on 4 September 1968 in [Mamelodi](/source/Mamelodi).[[http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/thisday/extra-dates.php?nd=09-04 South African History Online]{{dead link|date=November 2013}}]
==Career==
Mudau played club football for Ratanang Maholosiane and [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns_F.C.); he also earned sixteen caps for the [South African national side](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team) between 1993 and 2000, scoring 3 goals.[{{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.]
He is the all-time top goal scorer for the [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns_F.C.).[{{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}}]
Mudau scored one of the goals in Sundowns' losing effort in the [1994 BP Top 8](/source/1994_BP_Top_8) final.[{{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}}]
Mudau was also known for an incident in the aftermath of Sundown's penalty shootout loss to [Kaizer Chiefs](/source/Kaizer_Chiefs_F.C.) in the [2001 BP Top 8](/source/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](/source/Charles_Motlohi), believing he had refused to take a crucial penalty. Mudau subsequently apologised.[{{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}}]
==International career==
He made his debut on 6 October 1993 in a 4-0 loss against [Mexico](/source/Mexico_national_football_team). Mudau scored his first goal in a 3-2 win over [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique_national_football_team) in the 70th minute on 30 September 1995. His last international came exactly 4 years later versus [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team).[{{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}}] He was part of the squad that won the [1996 African Cup of Nations](/source/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](/source/FNB_Stadium), [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), South Africa || {{fb|MOZ}} || 3–2 || Win || [Friendly](/source/Friendly_match)
|-
| 2. || 9 May 1999 || [National Stadium](/source/Independence_Park_(Jamaica)), [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), Jamaica || {{fb|JAM}} || 1–1 || Draw || [Friendly](/source/Friendly_match)
|-
| 3. || 20 June 1999 || [Estádio da Cidadela](/source/Est%C3%A1dio_da_Cidadela), [Luanda](/source/Luanda), [Angola](/source/Angola) || {{fb|ANG}} || 2–2 || Draw || [2000 African Nations Cup qual.](/source/2000_African_Cup_of_Nations_qualification)
|-
| colspan="12"|''Correct as of 9 March 2017''[{{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}}]
|-
|}
==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
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