Ex-Pirates Winger Wants To Return To PSL As A Coach
Phenyo Mongala shot to prominence during a Nedbank Cup campaign with University of Pretoria 15 years ago and he has set his sights of one day returning to the club to work as a coach, after his playing career was cut short by injury.
The retired winger, who signed for Orlando Pirates after an impressive Nedbank Cup campaign with AmaTuks back in 2009, is currently working as a coach in the lower divisions in his home country Botswana. At 38, Mongala still has a lot of time to grow as a coach and realise his dream of returning to the PSL and one day working as head coach of the Botswana national team. "I have been coaching for almost four years.
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Mongala's career was cut short by injury in 2016, forcing him to call it a day while he was playing for the Botswana Defence Force in the Premier League. "I suffered a lot of injuries because, even today, I have had two surgeries on both knees. I suffered ACL on both knees. It ended my career so early. My career ended in 2016 when I was playing in Botswana. When I came back to play at home, people were still expecting a lot from me. I stopped playing when I was 29.
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