Former Pirates star's nickname from Brazil
In this week's edition of Story Behind The Nickname, KickOff speaks to Sekhukhune United midfielder Thabang Monare about his nickname 'Desh Minhon'.
The 34-year-old has so far in his football career won two MTN8 Cup trophies, one Telkom Knockout, and a league title."Monare made his professional debut with University of Pretoria FC in 2009, then moved to FC Aziz Kara, Jomo Cosmos, Bidvest Wits, Orlando Pirates and is now with Sekhukhune United." "The name is a Desh with an E. So the full name is Desh Minhon .""So I was playing for Remember FC in Secunda, I was still very young at the time.
"So when they came back from overseas my teammates, they told me that the team that was representing Brazil in the Nike Cup had a player that looked exactly like me, and his name was Desh Minhon. So from there everybody was calling me Desh Minhon. "Knowing people from ekasi they just shortened it to Desh . So thats where my nickname come from. And I always find myself trying to explain it because people assume I'm 'Dash'. Did you like it?
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