Abel Katlego Mphela - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding South African player scored 23 international goals in 53 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 29-11-1984
Country: South Africa
Caps:	53	(W21-D17-L15 – GF59-GA43 – %55.66)
Goals:	23	(% 0.43 per match)
Age First Cap:	 20 yr  89 d  26- 2-2005 vs. Seychelles 3-0
Age Last Cap:    28 yr  59 d  27- 1-2013 vs. Morocco 2-2
National Team Career: 7 yr 335 d

Cap  Goals    Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1   2   2  26- 2-05	Curepipe	Seychelles	3-0	COSAFA Cup
 2   1   3  27- 2-05	Curepipe	Mauritius	1-0	COSAFA Cup
 3	 3  18- 6-05	Johannesburg	Ghana   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 4	 3  12-11-05	Port Elizabeth	Senegal 	2-3	
 5	 3  14- 1-06	Cairo   	Egypt   	2-1	
 6	 3  26- 1-06	Alexandria	Tunisia 	0-2 	African Nations Cup
 7	 3  30- 1-06	Alexandria	Zambia  	0-1	African Nations Cup
 8	 3  15-11-06	Brentford	Egypt   	0-1	
 9	 3  29- 9-07	Pretoria	Botswana	1-0	COSAFA Cup
10	 3  13- 1-08	Durban  	Mozambique	2-0	
11   1   4  27- 1-08	Tamale  	Tunisia 	1-3	African Nations Cup
12	 4  19-11-08	Rustenburg	Cameroon	3-2	N. Mandela Cup
13	 4  28- 3-09	Rustenburg	Norway  	2-1	
14	 4  25- 6-09	Johannesburg	Brazil  	0-1	Confederations Cup
15   2   6  28- 6-09	Rustenburg	Spain   	2-3	Confederations Cup
16   1   7  12- 8-09	Atteridgeville	Serbia  	1-3	
17	 7   5- 9-09	Leverkusen	Germany 	0-2	
18	 7   8- 9-09	Limerick	Ireland 	0-1	
19   1   8  19- 9-09	Kimberley	Madagascar	1-0	
20	 8  10-10-09	Oslo    	Norway  	0-1	
21	 8  13-10-09	Reykjavík	Iceland 	0-1	
22	 8  14-11-09	Port Elizabeth	Japan   	0-0	
23	 8  17-11-09	Bloemfontein	Jamaica 	0-0	
24	 8  27- 1-10	Durban  	Zimbabwe	3-0	
25   1   9   3- 3-10	Durban  	Namibia 	1-1	
26	 9  31- 3-10	Asunción	Paraguay	1-1	
27	 9  22- 4-10	Wiesbaden	North Korea	0-0	
28	 9  28- 4-10	Offenbach	Jamaica 	2-0	
29   2  11  16- 5-10	Nelspruit	Thailand	4-0	
30	11  24- 5-10	Johannesburg	Bulgaria	1-1	
31   1  12  27- 5-10	Johannesburg	Colombia	2-1	
32   2  14  30- 5-10	Polokwane	Guatemala	5-0	
33   1  15   5- 6-10	Atteridgeville	Denmark 	1-0	
34	15  11- 6-10	Johannesburg	Mexico  	1-1	World Cup
35	15  16- 6-10	Pretoria	Uruguay 	0-3	World Cup
36   1  16  22- 6-10	Bloemfontein	France  	2-1	World Cup
37   1  17  11- 8-10	Johannesburg	Ghana   	1-0	
38   1  18   4- 9-10	Nelspruit	Niger   	2-0	African Cup Qual.
39	18  10-10-10	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-0	African Cup Qual.
40   1  19  26- 3-11	Johannesburg	Egypt   	1-0	African Cup Qual.
41	19  14- 5-11	Dodoma  	Tanzania	1-0	
42	19   5- 6-11	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
43   2  21  10- 8-11	Johannesburg	Burkina Faso	3-0	
44	21   8-10-11	Pretoria	Sierra Leone	0-0	African Cup Qual.
45   1  22  12-11-11	Port Elizabeth	Ivory Coast	1-1	N. Mandela Cup
46	22  29- 2-12	Durban  	Senegal 	0-0	
47   1  23   3- 6-12	Rustenburg	Ethiopia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
48	23   9- 6-12	Gaborone	Botswana	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
49	23   8- 1-13	Cape Town	Norway  	0-1	
50	23  12- 1-13	Johannesburg	Algeria 	0-0	
51	23  19- 1-13	Johannesburg	Cape Verde Isl.	0-0	African Nations Cup
52	23  23- 1-13	Durban  	Angola  	2-0	African Nations Cup
53	23  27- 1-13	Durban  	Morocco 	2-2	African Nations Cup


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    53    21   17   15    59-  43      59       55.66

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		29	12
African Nations Cup	 6	 1
African Cup Qualifier	 5	 2
COSAFA Cup   		 3  	 3
World Cup Qualifier  	 3  	 1
World Cup   		 3   	 1
Confederations Cup   	 2  	 2
Nelson Mandela Cup  	 2  	 1

Total 			53	23


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Last updated: 11 May 2018

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