In this edition of Where Are They Now, KickOff catches up with former Lamontville Golden Arrows and Mpumalanga Black Aces CEO Gordon Masondo.
The experienced football administrator reveals what he has been up to since he parted ways with his last Premier Soccer League club, Abafana Bes'thende, in 2018.
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"I'm now with beach soccer, I'm the president of Pro Beach Soccer South Africa," Masondo tells KickOff.
"I'm happy with my contribution to football, but most of all, I thank football for shaping me into the person I am today.
"Without football and its contribution to my life, I wouldn't be the leader that I am today. It's the football industry that taught me how sports should be regulated.
"We all played football at some stage of our lives, but not all of us will turn professional. Hence, I decided to start by managing soccer players.
"I have managed players like Siyabonga Siphika, Samukelo Jam-Jam, Scara Ngobese, I'm the one who brought him here in Durban at Manning Rangers, and he later joined AmaZulu.
"I have managed Patrick Machete, Mahlomola Nchabele, and quite several players. My big break in club administration came after I took Adam Ndlovu to Dynamos.
"I started as a general manager at City Sharks, Bidvest Wits followed, and after that, I worked for a few lower divisions clubs, that was up until the Mpumalanga Black Aces owners came calling.
"After Aces was sold, I went to Golden Arrows, but in March 2018, I decided to go back home to Joburg; I bought myself a team, Alexandra Black Aces, which was formerly owned by former Aces owners, that was up until I decided to sell it.
"My interest in Beach Soccer started in 2016 while I was still at Arrows; in 2021, we launched the Beach Soccer Professional Soccer League South Africa after we had acquired the license we had applied for at SAFA.
"Our league has 12 teams; we even have the national team, South Africa, which has already represented the country in the three Cosafa tournaments.
"The journey hasn't been an easy one; we've been running without a financial sponsor, and it's been taxing to me and the other directors I'm with.
"We have never received anything from anyone except the Sports Confederation from Ethekwini and also Coca-Cola, whom we have as a sponsor.
"We are busy talking to other provincial offices of SAFA about the endorsement to extend the program to other provinces so that the whole of South Africa can be able to play Beach Soccer. And only then we can have a national league."