Orlando Pirates right back Bandile Shandu has paid tribute to long-serving skipper Happy Jele who left the club this week after 16 years spent with the Buccaneers.
Orlando Pirates players Vincent Pule, Goodman Mosele, Innocent Maela, Deon Hotto and Bandile Shandu display the club's new jersey, which celebrate their 85th anniversary in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Thursday.Orlando Pirates right-back Bandile Shandu has paid tribute to long-serving skipper Happy Jele, who left the club this week after 16 years spent with the Buccaneers.
Shandu was speaking in Sandton, where Pirates revealed their new kit for the 2022/23 campaign, a jersey that also commemorates their 85th anniversary. The roving defender was influential in helping Pirates reach the final of the 2021/22 Caf Confederation Cup, where they lost to Moroccan club RS Berkane. Shandu scored four goals in 12 matches in the Confed Cup run, and the former Maritzburg United player said much of the credit for that form goes to the advice he got from Jele..
“It was easy for me to connect with him and he told me everything I needed to do. He improved me as a player and as person, and I’m very, very grateful to have played alongside him. It was truly amazing and I’ll treasure that for the rest of my life.”
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