Former Pirates Defender Joins Baroka

Absa Premiership side Baroka FC have signed midfielder Thandani ‘Bibo’ Ntshumayelo until the end of the season.

The former Orlando Pirates and SuperSport player has been training with the Bakgaga having parted ways with Buccaneers two seasons ago.

The 29-year-old finally put pen to paper on Monday after impressing head coach Wedson Nyirenda.

“Yes, I signed until the end of the season with a two-year option,” Ntshumayelo tells Ducor Sports.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “It’s a good opportunity for me. Obviously, the name of the club and the coach is what made me choose them. I can say the coach and the team’s ambitions you see.”   [/perfectpullquote]

Ntshumayelo has been out of action for the past two seasons and was just recently cleared to return to professional football after successfully appealing his four-year ban.

‘Bibo’ was banned for four years in 2016 after he was found guilty of using cocaine. He suffered from severe depression and recently confessed to having harbored thoughts of suicide.

The nippy midfielder launched his football career with SuperSport United academy in 2005 before graduating to the senior team in 2009 until 2012 where he left to join the Buccaneers.

He featured in 78 matches for the Soweto giants between 2012 and 2016 before he was sidelined. Ntshumayelo has played for Bafana Bafana on three occasions.