Njabulo Blom (born 11 December 1999) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder or right back for South African Premier Division side Kaizer Chiefs and the South African national team. .[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Njabulo Blom[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Dobsonville, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder, right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
Number | 45 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2019 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Kaizer Chiefs | 55 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | South Africa U20 | 7 | (0) |
2021– | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:21 , 26 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:13, 7 September 2021 (UTC) |
Born in Dobsonville,[2] Blom started his career at Kaizer Chiefs, and made his debut on 1 October 2019, starting against Lamontville Golden Arrows, before appearing again for the club on 27 October 2019 against Mamelodi Sundowns.[3][4]
Blom appeared for the South Africa national under-20 football team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[2]
He made his debut for the South Africa national football team on 6 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ghana, a 1–0 home victory. He substituted Percy Tau in the 77th minute.[5]
Club | Season | League | Nedbank Cup | Telkom Knockout | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kaizer Chiefs | 2019–20[6] | South African Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2020–21[6] | South African Premier Division | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
Career total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
Kaizer Chiefs F.C. – current squad | |
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