Sibusiso Zuma
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Sibusiso Zuma (born June 23, 1975 in Durban. KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African professional football player who currently plays for German club Arminia Bielefeld. He has represented the South Africa national football team in 52 matches.
Zuma started his career for South African clubs Mighty Pa, African Wanderers and Orlando Pirates. In June 2000, he joined Danish club FC København, where he blossomed as a player. He helped the club win its second Danish football championship, and in 2001 Zuma was tied for 29th place for the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award. He played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After 5½ years in FC København, Sibusiso Zuma was sold to German Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld for 1 million euros in July 2005.
He is also known as "Zuma the Puma" to the club's supporters.
He was the captain of South African National team at the 2006 African Cup of Nations tournament.
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1 Hain | 2 Schluer | 3 Borges | 4 Gabriel | 5 Fischer | 5 Kauf | 6 Bollmann | 7 Marx | 8 Rau | 9 Eigler | 10 Vata | 11 Kobylik | 13 Danneberg | 14 Kamper | 15 Ahanfouf | 16 Westermann | 17 Koçin | 19 Korzynietz | 20 Böhme | 21 Masmanidis | 22 Zuma | 23 Ziegler | 24 Ndjeng | 25 Vacek | 27 Schmidt | 28 Formann | 30 Fischer | 31 Kucera |
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1 Vonk | 2 Nzama | 3 Carnell | 4 A. Mokoena | 5 Lekgetho | 6 Sibaya | 7 Fortune | 8 Mngomeni | 9 Mukasi | 10 Mnguni | 11 Pule | 12 T. Mokoena | 13 Issa | 14 Nomvethe | 15 Zuma | 16 Arendse | 17 McCarthy | 18 Buckley | 19 Radebe | 20 Marlin | 21 Pienaar | 22 Molefe | 23 Koumantarakis | Coach: Sono |
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