Sport| At 19, Kobamelo Kodisang has attained even what his vastly more experienced colleagues have not been able to achieve in their football careers, by DanieMothowagae
has attained even what his vastly more experienced colleagues have not been able to achieve in their football careers.
The pair were also part of the Amajita team that campaigned in the global championships in Korea two years ago. Kodisang said: “With the World Cup comes exposure. I play for a third-division team and playing at a major championship like the World Cup can potentially help me to upgrade to a bigger league.”He joined the Sao Joao da Madeira-based outfit from Bidvest Wits in September.
“This thing of ‘you’re still young this and that’ doesn’t work. If you tell yourself that you’re too young, the more you relax and, by the time you wake up, it will be too late to catch up,” said the player who came to prominence with the now-defunct Platinum Stars as a 15-year-old during the 2015/16 season.
“From there, I can fancy my chances of graduating to Bafana – to complete the cycle of having represented all the national teams.”
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