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Sive Ricardo Pekezela (born 3 April 1992) is a South African footballer who plays for Gefle IF as a midfielder.[1]

Sive Pekezela

Personal information
Full name	Sive Ricardo Pekezela
Date of birth	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth	Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder Defender
Club information
Current team	Gefle IF
Number	11
Youth career
	Rovers United
	Vasco Da Gama
	F.C. Cape Town
2009–2011	ASD Cape Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Beerschot AC	0	(0)
2013–	Gefle IF	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2013

Career

Pekezela started out playing street football in Cape Town before joining the youth ranks of Vasco Da Gama when he was 11 years old. In 2009, he joined the ASD Cape Town Academy. They went on a tour to Belgium in 2011 where he impressed enough to get picked up by Belgian club Beerschot AC. He was however let go after only one season due to the club's financial situation and returned to South Africa. During the autumn of 2012 he came to Sweden where he trialed with GIF Sundsvall, Enköpings SK and Gefle IF. In early 2013 he eventually ended up signing with Allsvenskan club Gefle IF.[2][3]

References

External links

• Sive Ricardo Pekezela at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Sive Ricardo Pekezela club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Sive Pekezela at Elite Prospects Football at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 April 2014)

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