We've got some Monday motivation for you as former Orlando Pirates midfielder Hleza Mofedi reveals his career earnings and how he ended up at Bucs.
Fouriesburg-born Mofedi made a name for himself at Free State Stars after undergoing open trials in 1999 before going on to win the PSL league title with Pirates under Roy Barreto in 2002/03.
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He managed to impress then-Ea Lla Koto head coach Barreto and his assistant Themba Sithole enough for the Zimbabwe-born tactician to take him along when he joined Pirates in 2002.
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"My first salary when I joined Free State Stars was R1 000 and in those days it was a lot of money, I could help at home as a bread-winner," Mofedi tells snl24.com/kickoff.
"I would buy clothes, beds and even eat with that R1 000. I bought my first car at Pirates which was a Golf 3 GTI.
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"You remember the time when the PSL bought out Free State Stars and Ria Stars [to reduce the number of PSL clubs from 18 to 16], Pirates wanted coach Roy Barreto, Jimmy Kauleza, Michel Babale and Goodman Mazibuko, and the coach took me to Pirates with him.
"My first salary at Pirates was R7 000 but I left Free State Stars earning around R4 000. The signing-on fee Pirates gave me was R30 000. Game-time is what made me leave Pirates when coach Kosta Papic was in charge.
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"I went back to Free State Stars around 2006, then in 2010 I decided to retire from football. I was 30 years old then. You remember those days when you reached 30 they would call you an old man so I decided to quit before they started saying bad things about me.
"To save for rainy days I joined a few insurances, after that I stayed at home for maybe two years."
The 41-year-old says the most he earned in his entire football career was at Stars, after leaving Bucs.
"When I returned to Free State Stars they gave me good money. It was R25 000 after deduction."
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Mofedi says Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana is the player that reminds him of himself during his playing days and reveals he actually used to be a Kaizer Chiefs supporter.
"His endurance is good, his shooting is good, his marking is good, his positioning is good you see," he says of Kekana.
"[Laughs] I supported Chiefs! I even played Derbies, but I was a Buccaneer by then. Even today I'm still a Buccaneer."
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These days he is married with three children, two girls and one boy, and is progressing in his coaching career.
"My wife works in a restaurant while I'm coaching in the ABC Motsepe League, Kurara Kicks FC in the Northern Cape."