The journey for me started in Boipatong and it is here where I hope my Foundation will realise the dreams of the many children who just like me... always wanted to play football.
My life in football started way back in was I was 4 years old on the dusty pitches located in my Township in Boipatong, South Africa. It was here that I honed my skills as a professional footballer, falling on the hard surface but resolutely always willing to get up again to compete.
It was here that I that I combined my passion of football and basketball everyday only to decide to that football would be the one for me.
Since then my journey has been a memorable one with many feats that I and my family are extremely proud of. At the age of seventeen I was called in to the National Team squad following my impressive form at Jomo Cosmos and Ajax Cape Town and to this day I still hold the record as being the youngest ever player for the mighty Bafana Bafana.
After being recognised here I quickly moved to Europe where I played for Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax Amsterdam and lastly Genk before moving to the English Premier League to sign for Blackburn Rovers.
In between this I have always strived to help my National Team move from strength to strength and this is why I believe I now hold the captaincy. South Africa holds a special place in my heart and with the arrival of the World Cup in 2010 I hope that as the country’s captain and most capped player I can make the fans of Bafana Bafana smile once more.
