After Bongani Khumalo recently became the most recent member from the 2010 World Cup squad to retire, the number of active players from that team has now shrunk to just three.
Khumalo spent the past season at SuperSport United managing 19 appearances and has now retired from playing at professional level aged 34 following a career that took him to English club Tottenham Hotspur.
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That now means Khune is now at the forefront of those that have held it out up to now as he is still holding on at Chiefs, the only club that he has ever played for.
The 34-year-old is now into his fifteenth season at Chiefs since making his debut.
Fellow teammate Bernard Parker – now 35 – is also still grinding it out with AmaKhosi.
The third member of the survivors is Tsepo Masilela who despite having slowed down is still under contract at AmaZulu having joined them after the end of his time at Chiefs in 2018.
None of the three are involved in the Bafana Bafana setup.
Anele Ngcongca, the youngest member from that 2010 World Cup squad is now late after passing away in a car accident last November Anele
Moeneeb Josephs, Siboniso Gaxa, Aaron Mokoena, MacBeth Sibaya, Lance Davids, Katlego Mphela, Steven Pienaar, Teko Modise, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Matthew Booth, Lucas Thwala, Siyabonga Nomvete, Surprise Moriri, Siyabonga Sangweni and Shu-Aib Walters have all hung their boots and are mostly in coaching.
Siphiwe Tshabalala is parked in semi-retirement after having played just three games in the last 28 months while Thanduyise Khuboni is waiting on the last drops of his playing career in the amateur ranks.
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