Background
He was born in Pretoria. Tovey was born in Pretoria but grew up in Durban.
He was born in Pretoria. Tovey was born in Pretoria but grew up in Durban.
He holds the record for most appearances in the National Soccer League. He had been playing soccer since 1969. He aspired to be a doctor before opting to play professional football.
He was also coached at junior level at Juventus Durban by Clive Barker.
Durban City
AmaZulu
He played for AmaZulu between 1986 and 1989 and played 117 league games. Kaizer Chiefs
He joined Chiefs in 1990 and took over captaincy from Howard Freese in 1992 wearing the number 9 jersey.
In the same season, Tovey got a record 52 starts which is still a record. He was converted to defence by Philippe Troussier.
He led Chiefs to cup victory scored two very important goals in the Rothmans Cup against QwaQwa Stars and Umtata Bush Buckinghamshire.
He played 341 league games for Chiefs. He played 362 matches and scored 32 goals in all competitions. He captained the team 29 times.
Tovey coached Banyana Banyana to COSAFA Cup victory in 2002.
Tovey saved Hellenic from relegation in the 2003-2004 season. He got his Union of European Football Associations A licence with a 90% pass in Henef, Germany which were the best marks since 1998.
On 27 June 2015 Tovey became technical director of South Africa national football team