AmaZulu FC's CEO Sinenjabulo Zungu explained to Soccer Laduma how the club made a 15-year-old fan's dream come true from a viral video. Check it out!
What's the story?
Usuthu's boss lady Sinenjabulo Zungu revealed the back story behind Sabelo Ngcobo, who declared his love for AmaZulu and ambitions to represent the club one day in a viral video.
The youngster is now being assessed in the club's academy, with MaZungu hoping that he'll be part of the AmaZulu family in the near future.
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Usuthu make youngster's dream a reality
In a short video posted by Umlazi Football Media in late May, teenager Sabelo Ngcobo expressed his desire and dream to represent the oldest club in the DStv Premiership, AmaZulu.
The young Ngcobo admitted that he grew up a Orlando Pirates fan, but now that he's older and knows what he wants, he revealed that the Durban-based outfit is his dream team.
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Ngcobo says that he wants to play for the club that represents his culture as a Zulu person from KwaZulu Natal and stated that he wishes to also represent Bafana Bafana in the future.
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The video touched Usuthu's CEO, and she explained the backstory behind getting him to Usuthu's academy to be assessed in the Under-15 age group.
"Sabelo's video was circulated on social media and I got ahold of it on there. When I saw it, I was so keen to meet him, I, myself, started circulating it on my social media platforms, to get a response from people. I basically put it up and asked if people knew who he was and if they had any connections to him, to link us up.
"Someone responded and gave me the mother's number and I contacted her," says MaZungu.
"Now the boy is training with us. He's being assessed during his school holidays. He was actually supposed to go away to visit his grandmother, but opted to stay behind to get an opportunity to get assessed by AmaZulu," she added.
Ngcobo has an unreal chance to make his dreams come true at a major DStv Premiership outfit, something that's most likely desired by every teenager who has ambitions of making football a career.
Zungu went on to wish him luck in his assessment under Brice Peterson, who's coaching Usuthu's u15's and explained why they wanted to bring Ngcobo in.
"The reason why I wanted him is because it's so important for us to get them while they're still young and passionate about what they're doing, moreover, passionate about AmaZulu.
"It's quite evident he has some liking to AmaZulu, in fact, that's putting it mildly, you can see the child is very keen to be associated with AmaZulu. So why not explore where that could get him," she concluded.
Scroll through the gallery to view snaps of MaZungu and young Sabelo:
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