Mpho "Gift" Leremi was a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n football midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 for Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

, in the Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...

, and South Africa

South Africa national football team

The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

. Leremi died in a car crash on September 3, 2007 near Johannesburg, South Africa.

Career and Death

Leremi was an offensive midfielder who began his career with the youth club Pimville Giants in Soweto

Soweto

Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...

, where he was born, and discovered by Orlando Pirates in 1999 at a local soccer tournament. Upon joining the Pirates Development team, Augusto Palacios, the Pirates youth director, immediately recognized the talent in the player and took him under his wing.
Leremi made his debut for Orlando Pirates in 2002-03

Premier Soccer League 2002-03

-Final table: 1. Orlando Pirates 30 18 7 5 41-16 61 Champions 2. SuperSport United 30 16 7 7 54-37 55 3. Wits University 30 15 9 6 39-29 54 4. Moroka Swallows 30 15 8 7 52-36 53...

 season of the Premier Soccer League on August 10, 2002 against Moroka Swallows FC, winning the league title in his debut season.
In the summer of 2007 he moved to the then current Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

On 3 September 2007, Leremi was returning from a CAF

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

 CAF Confederation Cup

CAF Confederation Cup

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 game against Cameroon

Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

 when he was involved in a traffic collision in Alberton

Alberton, Gauteng

Alberton is a town situated on the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa which celebrated its centenary year in 2005. it had a population of 202,202 inhabitants. It is known as a typical bedroom community, a community primarily residential in character, with most of its workers...

 outside Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. He would sustain massive injuries and ultimately die as a result of the accident.