Michael Manzini
Association footballer
Mike Manzini (born 29 November 1972 in Hoedspruit, Limpopo) is a South African former association football defender. He spent his entire career at Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and also played for South Africa.
Manzini was Sundowns' captain who made well over 250 appearances for the club. His work in defence often went unnoticed, but it was a sign of his experience, composure and reading of the play that he very rarely found himself having to make a last-gasp tackle or clearance.
“Michael Manzini” enters the record as association footballer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Michael, Manzini and Association can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6832506. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972.
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