# John Tlale

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{{short description|South African soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2019}}
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{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=August 2014}}
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{{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](/source/Kroonstad), South Africa
| height         =
| position       = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| years1         = 1992
| clubs1         = [Bloemfontein Celtic](/source/Bloemfontein_Celtic_F.C.)
| caps1          = 3
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1992–1995
| clubs2         = [Welkom Stars](/source/Welkom_Stars)
| caps2          = 81
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 1995–2002
| clubs3         = [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns_F.C.)
| caps3          = 173
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 2002–2003
| clubs4         = [Spartak Pretoria](/source/Spartak_Pretoria)
| caps4          = 0
| goals4         = 0
| totalcaps      = 257
| totalgoals     = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2002
| nationalteam1  = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = [Roses United](/source/Roses_United_F.C.)
}}
'''John Tlale''' (born 15 May 1967) is a South African former [footballer](/source/association_football) who played at both professional and international levels as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)). Tlale played club football for [Bloemfontein Celtic](/source/Bloemfontein_Celtic_F.C.), [Welkom Stars](/source/Welkom_Stars), [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns_F.C.) and [Spartak Pretoria](/source/Spartak_Pretoria); he also earned eight caps for the [South African national side](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team) between 1999 and 2002 and was part of the squad that won the [1996 African Cup of Nations](/source/1996_African_Cup_of_Nations).

In November 2023 Tlale was arrested for allegedly stealing [R](/source/South_African_Rand) 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>

==References==
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==External links==
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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}}

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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

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