Samkelo Zwane has already been showing promise of growing into an influential player at Kaizer Chiefs should he not be swallowed by the comforts of being at the club.
Zwane is in his third season in the first team at Chiefs after being promoted at the beginning of the 2022/23 season.
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He made his debut this month two years ago under Arthur Zwane and has since played 24 games in the first team, though his minutes diminished last season.
The start of the new season under Nasreddine Nabi has been encouraging for the 22-year-old after starting in the 2-1 win over Marumo Gallants last Saturday.
"Samkelo was at Mpumalanga Black Aces and played in our U13 team for the group that was a year younger than that of Bradley Cross," points out Tony Dias, who was a development coach at Aces at the time and has continued with the club, who now play as Jo'burg City in the Gauteng Development League.
"I scouted him at a tournament and then brought him into the club in a generation of kids that featured Bontle Molefe, who is a first-team goalkeeper at Chiefs.
"It was a very good year for us when they were with us.
"Samkelo was always a solid kid with a good attitude who we played as both a centre-back and holding midfielder.
"The boy has always been a versatile player, which is why we played him everywhere.
"He was very good and a natural talent.
"He was with our 13s, who won the league, and then went up to the 14s, which had Junior Nare, who is now playing in the USA.
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"The following year, I passed them on to Raymond Seneo at U15 and they went unbeaten that season with Samkelo in the team.
"Then I think the following year, the family moved, and I think that is when he moved to another club, before he then ended up at Chiefs," says Dias.