Career
He is the all-time top goalscorer for
Maponyane joined Chiefs when he was 19 and started off by earning R600 a month. He scored on debut on 12 April 1981 against Leceister City in Eldorardo. He captained the club from 1985 to 1988.
He is all-time top goalscorer with 85 goals.
He had a 7-month spell with Vitoria Setubal. His teammates couldn"t speak English but only his coach Stuart Baxter could.
When the season ended and everyone was leaving, he left for South Africa and never came back. He also went on a 3-month trial to Grasshopper Zurich with Fani Madida during his spell.
Maponyane left Chiefs for Dynamos in 1991.
He also had a full-time job at Premier Milling. He started working for Adidas in 1984 and later had sponsorship deals and endorsements with them. Maponyane made his debut for Bafana Bafana on 16 August 1992 in a 4-1 loss to Zimbabwe in an AFCON qualifier coming in the 52nd minute for Shane McGregor.
He scored his first goal in his third international match in the 6th minute against Zimbabwe in an AFCON qualifier on 26 April 1993 but Benjamin Nkonjera equalised in the 82nd minute to make it 1-1.
Maponyane hails from Meadowlands in Soweto. He is also the Sales Executive at Adidas South Africa.
He has been a motivational speaker since his spell at Chiefs since 1989. His has done motivational talks at Toyota and Nissan Société Anonyme.
He is also known by his nickname "Go Manitoba Go"
International goals.
