UMlungisi ‘Professor’ Ngubane

UMlungisi Raphael “Professor” Ngubane wazalwa ngomhlaka-20 Febhuwari 1956 eThekwini ungumdlali webhola wakudala waseNingizimu Afrika futhi owayengumqeqeshi weqembu i-National First Division iThanda Royal Zulu futhi njengamanje ongumqeqeshi omkhulu we-Cape Town All Stars. Phambilini uke waqeqesha i-Durban Bush Bucks, i-Maritzburg United, iBush Bucks, i-Black Leopards ne-Namibia phakathi kwezinye. Iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu ne-Bush Bucks namaZulu FC.

Mlungisi Professor Ngubane
Mlungisi Professor Ngubane

“Ngesikhathi ngisemncane ngangijwayele ukudlala ibhola ngekhanda amahlandla angu-2 000 kuze kube buhlungu intamo. Ngangikwenza lokhu ngisuka ekhaya ngize ezitolo, ezaziqhele ngamamitha angu-600 “.

‘UProfessor’ ube ngumdlali webhola elikhokhelwayo impilo yakhe yonke, futhi ‘uchwepheshe webhola elifile’ umgomo awunakugwemeka lapho ethatha ikhona noma i-free kick. Ngokwemvelo, amaqembu amaningi aphezulu eGoli ayefuna ukumsayinisa, kepha ukwethembeka kwakhe ekhaya kumgcine eKwaZulu-Natali: ne-Bush Bucks iminyaka engu-14 – umbukiso nesikhungo esiyinhloko sokunakwa kweqembu labo lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lika-1985 – 87, futhi AmaZulu iminyaka engu-15.

Igama likaProfesa liphakanyisiwe phakathi kwezinhle kakhulu ezweni. Amakhono akhe okudlala ibhola ayemakhulu futhi ebonakala engenamsebenzi, noma ngabe usebenzisa isifuba, izinyawo, ngaphandle konyawo lwesobunxele, noma ikhanda (ezinhlokweni eziningi ezilandelanayo). Wayekwazi ukuguqula umlenze wakhe wesobunxele ngemuva kwesokudla sakhe sokushaya amagoli nomai-even back-heel it in mid-air.

UProfessor wayengagcini ngokuba umdlali nje: Wayengumhleni ohlakaniphile, ekwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga, nge-cheeky zig-zagging passes – short or long – futhi wayebulala kakhulu nge-long free-range free kicks. Muva nje usungule iMlungisi Ngubane Foundation ehlose ukuthuthukisa intsha yaseNingizimu Afrika ngamakhono nemfundo yebhola likanobhutshuzwayo.

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