Mhlongo during his spell as a Pirates assistant coach. Image: BackpagePix.
R60 000 salary confirmed by Ex-Pirates star
Remember the former Orlando Pirates defender Benson Mhlongo? Here he is talking very openly about money during his career.
Mhlongo during his spell as a Pirates assistant coach. Image: BackpagePix.
Popular views often assume that the likes of Orlando Pirates offer the biggest salaries, but Benson Mhlongo can’t verify that.
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The retired star, born in Alexandra Johannesburg, spent four seasons at the Buccaneers before moving on to places like Platinum Stars and Polokwane City.
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Speaking via Marawa TV in recent times, the 42-year-old revealed that his highest income was R60 000 at Polokwane during the twilight of his career.
“The highest salary I had was R60 000. It was not even at a big club,” the player who was known as ‘Mayanga’ said.
“It was at Polokwane City before I retired. I did not even get that money at Sundowns. I did not because I just love football,” the former Alexandra United, SuperSport, Wits, Pirates and Sundowns, and Platinum Stars star added.
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