John Tlale

{{short description|South African soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2014}} {{more footnotes needed|date=August 2014}} }}

{{Infobox football biography | name = John Tlale | image = | caption = | fullname = John Rantsi Tlale <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rosesunited.co.za/index.php/2012-08-17-08-45-16 |title=Chairmans Corner |accessdate=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917021032/http://www.rosesunited.co.za/index.php/2012-08-17-08-45-16 |archivedate=17 September 2012 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Kroonstad, South Africa | height = | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 1992 | clubs1 = Bloemfontein Celtic | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1992–1995 | clubs2 = Welkom Stars | caps2 = 81 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1995–2002 | clubs3 = Mamelodi Sundowns | caps3 = 173 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2002–2003 | clubs4 = Spartak Pretoria | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | totalcaps = 257 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1999–2002 | nationalteam1 = South Africa | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2012 | managerclubs1 = Roses United }} '''John Tlale''' (born 15 May 1967) is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper. Tlale played club football for Bloemfontein Celtic, Welkom Stars, Mamelodi Sundowns and Spartak Pretoria; he also earned eight caps for the South African national side between 1999 and 2002 and was part of the squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.

In November 2023 Tlale was arrested for allegedly stealing R 1.9 million with his business partners, being subsequently released on bail.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kgobotlo |first=Boitumelo |date=30 November 2023 |title=Former Bafana, Sundowns star John Tlale out on bail for theft |url=https://sundayworld.co.za/news/former-bafana-sundowns-star-john-tlale-out-on-bail-for-theft/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Sunday World |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

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{{South Africa Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{South Africa Squad 1998 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{South Africa Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tlale, John}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Kroonstad Category:Soccer players from the Free State (province) Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players Category:South African men's soccer players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:1996 African Cup of Nations players Category:1998 African Cup of Nations players Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players Category:Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:South African soccer managers Category:20th-century South African sportsmen