{{short description|South African footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Junaid Hartley | image = | fullname = Junaid Moegemad Hartley<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/teams/south-africa/tab/stats/option/youngest/comp/556|title = South Africa national football team statistics and records: Youngest players - Inauguration Challenge}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|06|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 =1994–1995 | clubs1 =Wits FC | caps1 =26 | goals1 = 1 |years2=1997–1998 |clubs2=Vitoria Setubal |caps2=2 |goals2=0|years3=1997|clubs3=RC Lens B|caps3=14|goals3=1|years4=1997–1998|clubs4=RC Lens|caps4=2|goals4=0|years5=1998–1999|clubs5=Seven Stars|caps5=14|goals5=3|years6=2000–2001|clubs6=Orlando Pirates|caps6=2|goals6=1|years7=2001–2002|clubs7=Moroka Swallows|caps7=17|goals7=2|years8=2002–2003|clubs8=Ajax Cape Town|caps8=15|goals8=2|years9=2003–2006|clubs9=Maritzburg United|caps9=48|goals9=3|years10=2006–2007|clubs10=Sarawak FA|nationalyears1 = 1997–1999 | nationalteam1 = South Africa | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 30 May 2012 | nationalteam-update = 30 May 2012 }}'''Junaid Hartley''' (born 22 June 1978) is a South African football (soccer) player.
== Career == Hartley turned professional with Wits University at age 16. He moved abroad for spells with Vitória de Setúbal in the Primeira Liga and Lens in Ligue 1. He returned to South Africa where he played for Seven Stars, Orlando Pirates, Moroka Swallows, Ajax Cape Town, Jomo Cosmos and Maritzburg United. Hartley finished his career with Sarawak FA in the Malaysia Super League, and retired after his contract expired in February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kick-off magazine|title=Hartley may hanging up his boots|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/4251/hartley-may-hanging-up-his-boots|date=23 August 2008|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214223/http://www.kickoff.com/news/4251/hartley-may-hanging-up-his-boots|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== International == He is a former South Africa national football team players from 1997–1999, and he also played for South Africa national under-20 football team in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia.After returning home to South Africa, Hartley became a drug addict and was admitted to a rehab after being on the streets for almost 12 years.<ref>https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/orlando-pirates/former-bafana-bafana-star-junaid-hartley-i-lost-my-cars-house-and-wife-20231212</ref>
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==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=6158}} {{COSAFA U-17 Youth Championship awards}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Junaid}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Soccer players from Cape Town Category:South African men's soccer players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:Bidvest Wits F.C. players Category:Orlando Pirates F.C. players Category:Moroka Swallows F.C. players Category:Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Category:Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Category:Durban City F.C. (2024) players Category:Vitória F.C. players Category:RC Lens players Category:South African expatriate men's soccer players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Category:Men's association football midfielders