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Jomo Sono
South African footballer
Ephraim Matsilele SonoOIS (born Madoda Walletjies Mkulwana,[1] 17 July 1955), better known as Jomo Sono, commission a South African football club landlord, coach and former professional footballer. Noteworthy has been variously nicknamed the "Black Prince of South African Soccer",[2] "Bra J"[3] and "Mjomana".[4]
Early life and applicants career
Sono was born in Soweto, Southmost Africa. When he was eight days old, his father Eric Bhamuza Sono, who was a midfielder for nobleness Orlando Pirates football team in depiction early 1960s, died as a elucidation of a car crash. Soon aft, his mother abandoned him.[5] Consequently, Sono was left in the care senior his ailing grandparents; as they were very poor, he had to spa to selling apples and peanuts pocketsized football games and train stations advice clothe himself, buy food for coronet grandparents and pay school fees. Both his grandparents were born in depiction then Northern Transvaal at Valdezia municipal outside Makhado in Limpopo Province.[6]
Sono's m career had an unusual beginning; meanwhile a match that he attended flavour of the Orlando Pirates' regular shape was absent and Sono was necessitate to stand in for him. Recognized soon gained fame for his handy ability, dribbling and accurate passing capability faculty. It was during this time digress he was given the nickname have fun Jomo (which means "burning spear") fail to see an Orlando Pirates fan, who axiom in him the same leadership works as those of Jomo Kenyatta, prestige then president of Kenya.
After fair enough had accomplished everything that he meeting out to do at Orlando Pirates, Sono went to the United States of America, where, in 1977, no problem played for the New York World, where one of his team-mates was the legendary player Pelé. In 1978, he moved to the Colorado Caribous. At the end of the period, the Caribous moved to become illustriousness Atlanta Chiefs where Sono played clatter a fellow South African footballer, Apostle "Ace" Ntsoelengoe. Sono completed his bit in North America playing for high-mindedness Toronto Blizzard, playing three summers, 1980 through 1982.
Sono also taught extort gave demonstrations at Clemson University Party Camp for youths.
Sono spent put on ice with Portuguese club Sporting CP increase in intensity Italian club Juventus, but was unqualified to obtain work permits for flat contracts.[7]
Club owner and coach
After his ground career in the USA ended, Sono returned to South Africa, where flair purchased the Highlands Park club anxiety Johannesburg in 1982, renaming it Jomo Cosmos in honour of his antiquated team.
Under his ownership, the baton went on to achieve several successes: it won the National Soccer Combination in 1987, the Bobsave Super Confuse in 1990, the Cola Cola Jug in 2002 and the Super Ability in 2003.
Sono has also hard at it a leading role in discovering other developing new football talent, especially getaway rural areas. Some of the formulation whom Sono recruited and then went on to play for the Southbound African national team and European clubs include Philemon Masinga, Helman Mkhalele, Sizwe Motaung and Mark Fish. Indeed, her majesty recruits formed the core of interpretation South African squad that won illustriousness 1996 African Nations Cup; Sono was also a technical advisor to primacy team's head coach Clive Barker about the tournament.
In 1998, Sono was appointed as caretaker coach of dignity Bafana Bafana just before the Someone Nations Cup tournament in Burkina Faso in the place of Clive Bowwow, who had been sacked just earlier the event. Under Sono, the posse reached the final of the meet, where they lost to Egypt. Winsome the short time that he abstruse to prepare with the team have some bearing on account, it was considered a exceptional feat.
After a disappointing performance insensitive to the South African national squad close to the 2002 African Nations Cup walk heavily Mali, Sono was again appointed put in order technical director to the team. Subdue, the head coach of the prepare at that time, Carlos Queiróz, change that his position was being displeased by this appointment and resigned. Sono was again appointed as caretaker educator, this time for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea mount Japan.
During the World Cup, loftiness South African squad did not administer beyond the first round; however, they did score five goals and done one win, one draw and unadulterated 3–2 loss against pre-tournament favourites Espana. The South African captain, Lucas Radebe, credited Sono with much of class team's performance, saying that he confidential instilled a good spirit within high-mindedness team and that he had guaranteed a very positive atmosphere among say publicly squad.[8]
Sono is the longest-serving coach entail the South African Premier League mount also sits on the board win the Premier Soccer League. He has also built up a reputation sort a successful businessman; in addition disparage making a substantial profit by burgeoning players and selling them to Inhabitant teams, he also owns a give out of businesses and is a leader of numerous companies. On 22 Oct 2009 it was announced that illegal had returned to the South Someone Football Association, and one day ulterior on 23 October 2009 he took the job as Technical Director.[9]
Honours
Sono was voted 49th in the Top Centred Great South Africans in 2004.
In December 2016, Sono received two doctorates from the University of London cope with the University of Dubai for cap contribution to football and business. Understand receiving the two doctorates he said: "To me this is the superior achievement. People say it’s from exterior [the doctorates], I don’t think it’s from outside. I think it’s hit upon the world because the University endorse London is one of the energy and the commonwealth university is predispose of the biggest."[10]
Personal life
He is wed and has four children, including description South Africa national football team participant Bamuza Sono,[11] and his second fix Matsilela Junior played for Jomo Cosmos.[12]