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Rivaldo Coetzee - Wikipedia

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Rivaldo Coetzee
Personal information
Coetzee with South Africa Olympic football team in 2016.
Full name	Rivaldo Roberto Genino Coetzee^[1]
Date of birth	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kakamas, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Mamelodi Sundowns
Number	42
Youth career
	Kakamas Sundowns^[1]
	Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Ajax Cape Town	96	(1)
2017–	Mamelodi Sundowns	78	(2)
International career^‡
2014–	South Africa	24	(0)
2015	South Africa U23	5	(0)
2016	South Africa Olympic	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:44, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Rivaldo Roberto Genino Coetzee (born 16 October 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa national team.

A graduate of the Ajax Cape Town academy, Coetzee made his professional debut in 2014 at the age of 17 and made just under 100 appearances for the club. In 2017, he won the club's Player of the Season award before signing for Mamelodi Sundowns later in the year. He is also a full international and, upon making his international debut in 2014, became the youngest player ever to represent South Africa at the age of 17 years and 361 days, though this record has since been broken by Fagrie Lakay.

Club career

Ajax Cape Town

Coetzee is a product of Ajax Cape Town's youth academy, having joined the club at the age of 15.^[3] He made his first team debut at the age of 17 in February 2014 and won the club's Player of the Season and Player's Player of the Season awards at the end of the 2016–17 PSL season.^[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 August 2017, netting in a 1–1 draw with Golden Arrows, before having to be withdrawn through injury.^[5]

Two days later, Ajax announced that they had agreed to sell Coetzee to Scottish Premiership club Celtic. The proposed transfer later collapsed, however, as the player failed his medical after it was discovered that he had an underlying issue in his right foot.^[6]

Mamelodi Sundowns

Despite having failed a medical with Celtic days before, Coetzee signed for Ajax's PSL rivals Mamelodi Sundowns on the transfer deadline day for a reported fee of R10m plus Mario Booysen.^[7] He underwent corrective surgery on his foot soon after his arrival which resulted in him missing the entire 2017–18 South African Premier Division campaign. In August 2018, Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane revealed that Coetzee's ailment was more serious than first feared and that "he can still stay two years without playing to get better".^[8] However Coetzee did recover and has become an integral member of the Sundowns team since. While he began his career as a central defender, Coetzee was converted to a central midfield role at Sundowns, and it is now his preferred position.

International career

Coetzee made his international debut for South Africa in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Congo on 12 October 2014 making him the youngest player ever to represent the country, aged 17 years and 361 days – a record that was later broken by Supersport United forward Fagrie Lakay.^[9]

He was selected in South Africa's squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. In the nation's opening game, a 1–3 defeat to Algeria, he had to be replaced by Siyabonga Nhlapo after 29 minutes due to injury.^[10]

He also played at the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.^[2]

Honours

Club

Ajax Cape Town^[11]

MTN 8: 2015

Mamelodi Sundowns^[11]

MTN 8: 2021
South African Premier Division (3): (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022–23
Nedbank Cup: (2019-20)
Telkom Knockout: (2019)

▪️ African Football league 2023

References

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b "South Africa – R. Coetzee – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
^ Lewis, Carl (23 August 2017). "Rivaldo Coetzee's Transfer Fee one of the biggest for Ajax". Eye Witness News. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ Said, Nick (26 July 2017). "Rivaldo Coetzee apologises, returns to Ajax training". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ Said, Nick (19 August 2017). "Rivaldo Coetzee scores his first professional goal as Ajax held by Arrows". Times Live. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ "Celtic: Rivaldo Coetzee's transfer is off after failed medical". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Revealed: Ajax's Multimillion-Rand Coetzee Payday". Soccer Laduma. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Pitso doubts if Rivaldo Coetzee will recover from injury". News 24. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "Erick Mathoho was delighted with his performance alongside Rivaldo Coetzee". www.soccerladuma.co.za.
^ "Algeria 3–1 South Africa". BBC Sport. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Rivaldo Coetzee – Career Honours". Soccerway.

External links

Rivaldo Coetzee at National-Football-Teams.com

Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. – current squad

1 Onyango
4 Lorch
4 Mokoena
5 Lebusa
6 Modiba
7 Nku
9 Sales
10 Ribeiro
11 Allende
12 Maema
13 Rayners
14 Mashego
15 Aubaas
17 Matthews
18 Zwane
19 Kodisang
20 Kekana
21 Mkhulise
22 Mabena
23 De Reuck
25 Mudau
26 Pieterse
27 Morena
28 Mdunyelwa
29 Lunga
30 Williams
31 Tiwani
33 Maseko
34 Mvala
35 Nkosi
37 Johannes
38 Shalulile
39 Maboe
40 Coetzee
42 Khoza
43 Letlhaku
50 Tshabalala
Manager: Cardoso

South Africa squads

v t e South Africa squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Keet 2 Coetzee 3 Mathoho 4 Nhlapo 5 Jali 6 Ngcongca 7 Masango 8 Zungu 9 Ndulula 10 Vilakazi 11 Matlaba 12 Letsholonyane 13 Sangweni 14 Hlatshwayo 15 Furman (c) 16 Khuzwayo 17 Parker 18 Phala 19 Zwane 20 Manyisa 21 Gcaba 22 Mabokgwane 23 Rantie Coach: Mashaba

v t e South Africa men's soccer squad – 2016 Summer Olympics
1 February 2 Mathoho 3 Malepe 4 Mvala 5 Coetzee 6 Mngonyama 7 Masuku 8 Sandows 9 Morris 10 Dolly (c) 11 Modiba 12 Mothiba 13 Mobara 14 Motupa 15 Ntshangase 16 Khune 17 Moerane 18 Mekoa 19 Fikizolo 21 Kutumela Coach: Da Gama