Gabadinho Mhango has affirmed his journeyman status in domestic football with his latest move completing a half cycle of top-flight football’s complement of clubs.
Mhango is now at his eighth club in the PSL, having now signed and sealed his contract to join Richards Bay FC.
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The 32-year-old started out at Bloemfontein Celtic and has since been with Golden Arrows, Bidvest Wits, Orlando Pirates, AmaZulu FC, Moroka Swallows, and Marumo Gallants before his latest switch to the coast.
With the Betway Premiership being a 16-team league, this equates to half the clubs in the league.
Rarely do players of the current generation get to move locally as much as Mhango has done, so this places him in a different category.
Some of the notable names who changed clubs frequently are all retired and include Joel Seroba, Mcdonald Mukansi, Ryan Botha, Arthur Bartman, and Fikru Tefera, amongst others, who went to at least 10 clubs (some of the clubs outside South Africa).
Mhango has been a menace on the pitch, just like controversy has followed him off the pitch, with the most recent incident having happened while at Gallants last year.
He was caught on video in a motor vehicle with blood on his forehead after being involved in an accident while allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
The Malawian international had other late-night skirmishes which attracted tabloid headlines during his time at Pirates.
For all these off-field issues, there has been no doubting Mhango on the field when he is in the mood.
Throughout the dozen years of playing in the PSL, he scored 15 goals at Celtic before leaving on loan to Arrows, where he scored four in one match.
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His longest stay at one club was three years at Wits, where he won the league and Telkom Knockout, before joining Bucs, where he spent another dramatic three years.
Since then, it has been one season at AmaZulu, one season at Swallows, and another one season at Marumo.
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