Key facts
- Full name
- Senzo Robert Meyiwa
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-01-24 ) 24 January 1984
- Place of birth
- Durban , South Africa
- Date of death
- 26 October 2014 (2014-10-26) (aged 30)
- Place of death
- Vosloorus , South Africa
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- 2002 2005
- Orlando Pirates
- Years
- Team
- 2005 2014
- Orlando Pirates
- 2013 2014
- South Africa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Durban
- Place of death
- Vosloorus
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- South Africa men's national association football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Height
- 175
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- date of death
- 2014-10-26
- date of birth
- 1987-09-24
- manner of death
- homicide
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Senzo Robert Meyiwa (24 January 1984 – 26 October 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for and captained both Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League, and the South Africa national team.
He was shot and killed in a home invasion on 26 October 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Senzo Meyiwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.