The Toyota Cup curtain raiser at Moses Mabhida Stadium will have Kaizer Chiefs bringing in the best defensive midfielder to ever play for the club in the PSL era years.
Chiefs’ legends will be up against their KwaZulu-Natal counterparts at midday on Saturday at Moses Mabhida in what will be the main curtain raiser to the Toyota Cup.
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Tinashe Nengomasha will make a rare appearance for the Chiefs Legends as he turns back the hands of time to when Chiefs enjoyed winning trophies regularly.
Nengomasha earned undisputed legendary status wearing Amakhosi colours after he arrived during the 2001/02 season and then left in June 2012 having won all there is in South African football.
From individual awards that include KICK OFF Footballer of the Season and both the PSL Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season to club trophies – the league title, Coca-Cola Cup, ABSA Cup, SAA Supa8/MTN8, and the Telkom KnockOut, Nengomasha won it all.
Beyond that, he played over 300 games for Chiefs establishing himself as a bona fide legend at the club.
After his time reporting for duty at Naturena, he then went on to play for Bidvest Wits and Mpumalanga Black Aces.
Such was his influence in the PSL that he is still held in high esteem for what he did on the pitch.
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This is why any debate about the best defensive midfielder to ever play not just at Chiefs but in the PSL will be dilute minus the mention of the mention of the man known as ‘The General’.
Nengomasha now works as team manager at Zimbabwean club Ngezi Platinum where he has won the league.
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