{"id":18485,"date":"2021-05-22T16:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T16:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghanadmission.com\/za\/?p=18485"},"modified":"2021-05-22T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T16:46:44","slug":"phuti-lekoloane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghanadmission.com\/phuti-lekoloane\/","title":{"rendered":"Phuti Lekoloane Biography, Age, Early Life, Career & Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phuti Lekoloane Biography, Age, Early Life, Career & Net Worth<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article will give you the breakdown of Phuti Lekoloane Net Worth.<\/p>\n

\"Phuti<\/p>\n

If you Google the current Phuti Lekoloane Net Worth according to Forbes, you would be presented with a host of results that might confuse you. But within those results, there are some recurring results you would find in the list.<\/p>\n

Phuti Lekoloane according to Forbes has over time built a strong fan base which has given them that much-needed publicity not just in the country but globally and they are highly respected in the South African music industry. Their popularity has seen them win series of awards and sign endorsement deals on daily basis.<\/p>\n

Phuti Lekoloane Biography, Age, Early Life, Career & Net Worth<\/h2>\n

Phuti Lekoloane (born in 1992)\u00a0 is a South African footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for\u00a0Tornado F.C.\u00a0in the SAFA Second Division.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He is an LGBTQ activist and popularly known as the first openly gay male footballer in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Full Name<\/th>\nPhuti Lekoloane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place of Birth<\/th>\nMoletjie, Polokwane in Limpopo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gender<\/th>\nMale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/th>\nFootballer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/th>\nSouth African<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net Worth<\/th>\nR3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Phuti Lekoloane Age<\/h2>\n

He was born in Moletjie, Polokwane in Limpopo province, South Africa. His exact age is not known but he is between the age of 28 \u2013 29 years old.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Early Life<\/h2>\n

Lekoloane grew up in Tembisa. He says he was born gay and had always known he was gay. He always had a liking for sports, he played netball and football as a teenager.<\/p>\n

He played for\u00a0Highlands Park F.C and also played for\u00a0Platinum Stars F.C.\u2019s development team.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Phuti Lekoloane Career<\/h2>\n

Lekoloane played for JDR Stars, an ABC Motsepe League team, a Pretoria-based organization, on their SAFA Second Division team as a goalkeeper.<\/sup>\u00a0He wears the 91 shirt in honour of\u00a0John Moshoeu, a South African Nations Cup champion in 1996, who was his\u00a0mentor.<\/p>\n

He left JDR Stars because of the homophobia but was later recruited by Tornado F.C., another SAFA Second Division team.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Dealing With Homophobia<\/h2>\n

He is South Africa\u2019s first\u00a0openly gay\u00a0footballer, after\u00a0coming out\u00a0publicly in December 2015.<\/sup>\u00a0His teammates have been mostly supportive, Lekoloane thinks because he has a good attitude and accepts himself.\u00a0<\/sup>However, opposition teams and their fans have taunted and harassed him.<\/p>\n

Lekoloane has dealt with\u00a0homophobia in the sport; at a team\u2019s trial in the mid-2010s, the organization\u2019s representatives said they did not know how to accommodate him, and thought he would be bad for their image.<\/p>\n

As of October\u00a02017, he has been on trial with five\u00a0Premier Soccer League\u00a0teams but they were concerned about his sexuality.<\/p>\n

He feels the homophobia has held him back professionally from playing in the\u00a0Premier Soccer League.\u00a0<\/sup>He has vowed to be visible and stand up to the discrimination:<\/p>\n

\u201cMY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE LGBTQI COMMUNITY IN FOOTBALL, TO FIGHT FOR INCLUSION AND EQUALITY,\u201d LEKOLOANE SAID. \u201cTHERE ARE A LOT OF GAY FOOTBALLERS, BUT THEY ARE SCARED TO COME OUT. I HAVE MET A LOT OF GAY GUYS WHO HAD TO RETIRE FROM FOOTBALL BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>Net Worth<\/h2>\n

He has an estimated net worth of $3,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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