{{short description|South African soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use South African English|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Fortune Makaringe |image = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa |height = {{height|m=1.81}}<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|pid=71393|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Cape Town City |clubnumber = 93 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Moroka Swallows |years1 = 2015–2019 |clubs1 = Maritzburg United |caps1 = 73 |goals1 = 5 |years2 = 2019–2023 |clubs2 = Orlando Pirates |caps2 = 105 |goals2 = 6 |years3 = 2024– |clubs3 = Cape Town City |caps3 = 4 |goals3 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2018 |nationalteam1 = South Africa |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 17 November 2024 |nationalteam-update = 17 November 2024 }} '''Fortune Makaringe''' (born 13 May 1993) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division side Cape Town City. He also plays for the South Africa national football team. He previously played for Maritzburg United.
==Club career== Born in Johannesburg,<ref name="NFT" /> Makaringe started his career at Moroka Swallows before joining Maritzburg United.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Fortune Makaringe |url=https://www.orlandopiratesfc.com/team/midfielders/fortune-makaringe |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=orlandopiratesfc.com |publisher=Orlando Pirates F.C. |language=en}}</ref> Makaringe signed for Orlando Pirates in the summer of 2019. Makaringe shortly left the Club after 5 years at the Buccaneers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ngcatshe |first=Phumzile |date=2 June 2019 |title=Orlando Pirates-bound Fortune Makaringe confirms Maritzburg United exit |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/orlando-pirates-bound-fortune-makaringe-confirms-maritzburg/1hykvptnhldew12r8esaik6cvv |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=Goal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ditlhobolo |first=Austin |date=25 July 2019 |title=Orlando Pirates already feels like home for Fortune Makaringe |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/orlando-pirates-already-feels-like-home-for-fortune/7075poy3uqsr1s5q24lrpafe0 |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=Goal}}</ref>
==International career== Makaringe made his debut for South Africa on 3 June 2018 in a 0–0 draw against Madagascar, though South Africa went on to lose 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klate |first=Chad |date=5 June 2018 |title=Fortune Makaringe concedes Bafana Bafana debut against Madagascar was bitter-sweet |url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/bafana/fortune-makaringe-concedes-bafana-bafana/590032 |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=Kick Off}}</ref> He was part of South Africa's preliminary 28-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations but as not part of their final 23-man squad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strydom |first=Marc |date=9 June 2019 |title=Baxter axes Erasmus' Motshwari and Makaringe from Afcon-bound Bafana squad |language=en-ZA |work=The Times |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2019-06-09-baxter-axes-erasmus-motshwari-and-makaringe-from-afcon-bound-bafana-squad/ |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} *{{soccerway|fortune-makaringe/403148}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Makaringe, Fortune}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Soccer players from Johannesburg Category:South African men's soccer players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Moroka Swallows F.C. players Category:Durban City F.C. (2024) players Category:Orlando Pirates F.C. players Category:Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:South African Premier Division players Category:21st-century South African sportsmen Category:South Africa men's A' international soccer players
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