Richard Henyekane is 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 player for 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...

 club 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....

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The player hails from Kimberley’s Galeshewe

Galeshewe

Galeshewe is a township located in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is named after Kgosi Galeshewe....

 township. His younger brother Joseph Henyekane is also a professional footballer having played for Golden Arrows

Golden Arrows

Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

 in the past.

Henyekane who plays as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 or attacking right wing position had his career best season with Golden Arrows in the PSL. The striker bagged three hat-tricks during the 2009-10 PSL season ending with 19 league goals, as well as a further Telkom Knockout

Telkom Knockout

The Telkom Knockout is a football knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League.It was started in 1992, called the Coca-Cola Cup and was played until 1996, when it was replaced by the Rothmans Cup which was changed back to the Coca-Cola Cup in 2001...

 hat-trick, finishing with 23 goals for the season. The striker was then snapped up by Mamelodi Sundowns on a lucrative three-year contract.

Henyekane has made eight official appearances with the senior national team, Bafana Bafana.

External links

• http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2010/03/06/1819300/richard-henyekane-transferring-to-mamelodi-sundowns-at-the
• http://www.football365.co.za/player/0,25236,14344_311906,00.html