# Mothobi Mvala

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{{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](/source/Theunissen), South Africa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highlandspark.co.za/mothobi-mvala|title=Mothobi Mvala|publisher=[Highlands Park F.C.](/source/Highlands_Park_F.C.)|accessdate=11 May 2019}}</ref>
| height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
| position = [Centre back](/source/Centre_back)
| currentclub = [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns)
| clubnumber = 40
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Berea Albion Academy
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2014
| youthclubs2 = [Highlands Park](/source/Highlands_Park_F.C.)
| years1 = 2014–2020 | clubs1 = [Highlands Park](/source/Highlands_Park_F.C.) | caps1 = 145 | goals1 = 39
| years2 = 2020–     | clubs2 = [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns)                  | caps2 = 75  | goals2 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2016–
| nationalteam1 = [South Africa U23](/source/South_Africa_national_under-23_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017–
| nationalteam2 = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team)
| 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](/source/Association_football) player who plays as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for [Mamelodi Sundowns](/source/Mamelodi_Sundowns) and the [South Africa national team](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team). He represented the [South Africa under-23 team](/source/South_Africa_national_under-23_football_team) at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team)
|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](/source/Africa_Cup_of_Nations) third place: [2023](/source/2023_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)<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}}

{{Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. squad}}
{{Navboxes
| title = South Africa squads
| bg        = #FFB81C
| fg        = #007749
| bordercolor = #007749
| list =
{{South Africa men's football squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{South Africa squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
}}

{{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

{{SouthAfrica-footy-midfielder-stub}}

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