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U-Aphelele Teto ukhulele emijondolo engenamigwaqo kodwa ijubane nekhono lakhe sekuvele kwagqama.
I-Livingston FC isimsayinisile, futhi manje abafana abahlanu abavela e-Carlos Academy bazoziqeqesha lapho minyaka yonke.
Iphupho lika-Aphelele Teto lokuba ngumdlali webhola elikhokhelwayo lalibonakala lingeke liphumelele ekuqaleni. Ukhulele emijondolo engenamigwaqo efanele, ingasaphathwa eyezinkundla zebhola. Kodwa umqeqeshi ogama lakhe linguCarlos Mtshamba wabona okuthile okukhethekile kumfana, futhi konke kwashintsha.
UMtshamba ubesanda kuqala esakhe isikhungo sebhola, i-Carlos Soccer Youth Development, ngesikhathi ebona uTeto edlala. Kwathatha imizuzu emihlanu kuphela ukubona inhlansi yomfana. “Ubeshesha, ekwazi ukulawula futhi ehlala ehlasela. Ngemizuzu engu-10, ubeseshaye amagoli amabili,” kusho uMtshamba, kubika iFarPost.
Yize emfishane kakhulu kunezinye izingane, uTeto udanse wadlula abadlali basemuva sengathi abekho. UMtshamba, naye okhule ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima, uzizwe exhumene naye.
Kuthe uma esefake uTeto kulesi sikhungo uMtshamba wagcina esengaphezu nje komqeqeshi. “Ngahlangana nomama wakhe. Ngabona indlela ababephila ngayo. Ngamtshela ukuthi kukithina ukushintsha impilo yabazali bethu,” esho.
UTeto ubezimisele kakhulu. Kungakapheli mizuzu emingaki umqeqeshi we-Kaizer Chiefs osemusha uDillon Sheppard ubemfuna. Kamuva wajoyina i-Bidvest Wits, kwase kuba i-TS Galaxy, wabizelwa kuBafana Bafana.
Manje usesayine ne-Livingston FC yase-Scotland.
“I-Livingston imsize ngisho ekulungiseni i-visa yakhe. Umqeqeshi weqembu, uDavid Martindale, uthe uTeto uyithalente eliyingqayizivele. “Uhlukile kunoma yimuphi omunye umfana oneminyaka engu-20 esengike ngambona e-Scotland.”
Futhi akuyena uTeto kuphela ohlomulayo empumelelweni. Ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-Livingston ne-Carlos Academy manje sekusemthethweni. Ngonyaka odlule, abafana abane baqeqeshwa lapho, futhi manje abahlanu bazohamba minyaka yonke.
UMtshamba unethemba lokuthi ukwesekwa okuningi okuvela kuhulumeni nasezinkampanini kungakhulisa ubudlelwano. “Sifuna ukuqondisa laba bafana e-Europe,” kusho yena.
Isikhungo sase-East London manje sesiqeqesha abafana abangu-80 abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-11 nengu-19. Kubo, uTeto uwubufakazi bokuthi konke kuyenzeka.
UMtshamba waqala lesi sikhungo eminyakeni engu-11 edlule ngemuva kokugqugquzelwa nguPitso Mosimane, owayengumqeqeshi wakhe ku-Santos naku-Bloemfontein Celtic. Utusa ukuziphatha kukaPitso nendlela yokuqeqesha ngokumkhombisa indlela.
Manje, ebuka isihlabani sakhe esilungiselela isizini yokuqala e-Scotland, uMtshamba uthi yisikhathi sokuziqhenya.
“Ngikubheke ngabomvu ukuthuthela e-Scotland,” kusho uTeto. “Kuzoshintsha impilo yami kanye nempilo yomndeni wami. Ngethemba ukuthi nabanye abafana basesikhungweni semfundo ephakeme balandela indlela efanayo.”
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