Mothobi Mvala

{{Short description|South African soccer player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mothobi Mvala | image = Mothobi Mvala (2023).jpg | image_size = | caption = Mvala (2023) | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Theunissen, South Africa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highlandspark.co.za/mothobi-mvala|title=Mothobi Mvala|publisher=Highlands Park F.C.|accessdate=11 May 2019}}</ref> | height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}} | position = Centre back | currentclub = Mamelodi Sundowns | clubnumber = 40 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Berea Albion Academy | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2014 | youthclubs2 = Highlands Park | years1 = 2014–2020 | clubs1 = Highlands Park | caps1 = 145 | goals1 = 39 | years2 = 2020– | clubs2 = Mamelodi Sundowns | caps2 = 75 | goals2 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalteam1 = South Africa U23 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2017– | nationalteam2 = South Africa | nationalcaps2 = 20 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = 3 January 2026 | nationalteam-update = 23:54, 3 February 2024 (UTC) }}

'''Mothobi Mvala''' (born 14 June 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa national team. He represented the South Africa under-23 team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

==Career statistics==

===International=== {{Updated|matches played on 3 February 2024}}<ref name="nft">{{NFT|68523|Mothobi Mvala|accessdate=3 February 2024}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|South Africa |2017||2||0 |- |2019||0||0 |- |2020||2||0 |- |2021||3||1 |- |2022||2||0 |- |2023||6||0 |- |2024||5||0 |- !colspan=2|Total||20||1 |}

== Honours == '''South Africa'''

* Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Piers |date=10 February 2024 |title=South Africa 0–0 DR Congo |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68190249 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212015031/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68190249 |archive-date=12 February 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|mothobi-mvala/363531}} * {{Olympics.com|mothobi-mvala}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|mv/mothobi-mvala-1}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mvala, Mothobi}} Category:South African men's soccer players Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic soccer players for South Africa Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:South African Premier Division players Category:National First Division players Category:South Africa men's international soccer players Category:Highlands Park F.C. players Category:People from Masilonyana Local Municipality Category:Soccer players from the Free State (province) Category:2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:21st-century South African sportsmen Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players