The month of May will come with great significance for Denis Onyango as he takes aim at double celebrations at Mamelodi Sundowns.
With Sundowns within 10 points of landing the league title, it will be number 12 for Onyango, pushing him further ahead in being the most successful footballer in the history of the domestic league.
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The veteran has won 11 league titles throughout his career in South Africa, which started at SuperSport United, where he won three in a row.
He has since won eight at Sundowns, putting no questions to his standing as a legend in the domestic game.
If he The Brazilians succeed in the leagu, it will mean the Ugandan has been a league champion for 12 of the 19 years that he has spent playing in the PSL.
Onyango is also holding the position of being the most successful footballer to ever play in South Africa as he moves towards his 40th birthday in May.
Besides the league titles, he has won the CAF Champions League, CAF Super Cup, African Football League, Nedbank Cup (thrice), Telkom Knockout (twice), and MTN8, pushing his total silverware collection to 20.
He is in line for a second Champions League winners medal, with Sundowns due to play Pyramids FC in the final before heading to the FIFA Club World Cup.
Themba Zwane is the only other player still at the club who was part of the 2016 Champions League-winning squad.
Onyango will end the season with his contract also going up at the end of June.
While he is now behind Ronwen Williams, the veteran keeper has played 11 games this season.
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Another highlight for Onyango this month is that he will turn 40 still contracted and playing.
His birthday is on May 15, by which time Sundowns might have already wrapped up their business in the league.
