# Papi Khomane

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{{Short description|South African soccer player (1975–2023)}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Papi Khomane
| image          =
| caption        =
| full_name      = Papi Isaac Khomane<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orlandopiratesfc.com/default.asp?cId=7745|title = Orlando Pirates Football Club &#124; Official Website &#124; Home of the Legends|date = 13 August 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1975|1|31|df=y}}
| birth_place    = South Africa
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2023|11|25|1975|1|31|df=y}}
| height         = 1.80 m
| position       = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| years1         = 1994–1998
| clubs1         = [Jomo Cosmos](/source/Jomo_Cosmos)
| caps1          = 91
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1998–2007
| clubs2         = [Orlando Pirates](/source/Orlando_Pirates_FC)
| caps2          = 151
| goals2         = 0
| totalcaps      = 242
| totalgoals     = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000
| nationalteam1  = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Papi Khomane''' (31 January 1975 – 25 November 2023) was a South African professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [defender](/source/defender_(association_football)). Khomane played club football for [Jomo Cosmos](/source/Jomo_Cosmos) and [Orlando Pirates](/source/Orlando_Pirates_FC); he also earned nine caps for the [South Africa national team](/source/South_Africa_national_football_team) between 1998 and 2000, featuring at AFCON 2000. He was killed in a car crash while travelling to [Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal](/source/Newcastle%2C_KwaZulu-Natal), on 25 November 2023, at the age of 48. The crash also killed his mother and brother-in-law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/former-orlando-pirates-and-jomo-cosmos-captain-papi-khomane-and-his-mother-die-in-a-car-accident-20231125|title=Former Orlando Pirates and Jomo Cosmos captain Papi Khomane and his mother die in a car accident|first=Timothy|last=Molobi|website=City Press}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{South Africa Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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Category:1975 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:South African men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:South Africa men's international soccer players
Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Jomo Cosmos F.C. players
Category:Orlando Pirates F.C. players
Category:Road incident deaths in South Africa

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