Kaizer Chiefs: Manyama joins exclusive club after latest hat-trick!

Kaizer Chiefs attacker Lebogang Manyama engraved his name in the history books of the club with his hat-trick against Golden Arrows.

In so doing, Manyama became only the 10th player to score a hat-trick or more in the colours of Amakhosi since the PSL inception in 1996.

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Three of the other nine Amakhosi hat-trick heroes are Manyama’s teammates, meaning four of the 10 players are still contracted to Chiefs.

The South African takes a look at all the 10 players to have scored a hat-trick of goals across all major competitions for Chiefs, including Manyama.

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POLLEN NDLANYA

Ndlanya is the first player to score a hat-trick + one (quadraple) for Chiefs in the PSL, and he achieved that when the Soweto giants hammered Witbank Aces 7-2 in 1996.

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Ndlanya would net thrice two years later as Chiefs hammered Hellenic 5-0 to cement his status as the club’s legend.

JABU PULE

Now known as Jabu Mahlangu, Pule at the time, enjoyed a very successful stay at Naturena even with his off-field issues.

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He scored a hat-trick when Chiefs trounced Bloemfontein Celtic 5-0 in the quarter-finals of the BobSave Super Bowl during the 2000-01 season.

JOHN ‘SHOES’ MOSHOEU

Upon his return from Europe, the late Shoes joined Chiefs, and he was still one of the best players in the country even in his mid-30s.

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Moshoeu’s only hat-trick for the Soweto giants came when Chiefs recorded a 5-0 over Black Leopards in Thohoyandou during the 2003/04 season.

COLLINS MBESUMA

After his first season at Chiefs didn’t go according to plan due to injury, Mbesuma came back with a bang the following season (2005-06).

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Mbesuma scored 35 goals across all competitions that season, and his hat-trick came in Chiefs’ 4-3 league win over Mamelodi Sundowns.

KAIZER MOTAUNG JNR

Motaung Jnr was often criticized by Amakhosi fans but he once silenced the critics by netting a hat-trick in December 2006.

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The hat-trick came when Chiefs hammered Maritzburg United 6-1 with Shaun Bartlett, Serge Djiehoua and Gert Schalkwyk also finding the back of the net.

BERNARD PARKER

Parker is one of the four active Amakhosi players to score a ‘hat-trick’ following that quadraple against AmaZulu.

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Parker hit four as Chiefs hammered AmaZulu 6-0 in the league at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. Siyabonga Nkosi and Kingston Nkhatha scored the other two goals.

KNOWLEDGE MUSONA

In March 2014, Musona netted a spectacular hat-trick as Chiefs eased past Liga Muculmana 3-0 in the CAF Champions League.

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This was Musona’s second stint with Chiefs after what was a difficult spell for him in Europe, and he’d go back after the conclusion of the 2013-14 season.

KHAMA BILLIAT

Billiat joined Musona as the only two Zimbabwean players to score a hat-trick for Chiefs as he also did so in CAF.

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It was on 28 November 2018 when Billiat hit three past Zimamoto in that 4-0 win for Chiefs in the CAF Confederation Cup.

SAMIR NURKOVIC

Nurkovic was on fire in his first season at Chiefs as PSL defenders struggled to deal with him throughout the campaign.

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He scored his only hat-trick so far in that thrilling 5-3 win over Bloemfontein Celtic at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium.

LEBOGANG MANYAMA

Manyama is the lastest player to score a hat-trick for Chiefs, and he did that against Golden Arrows on Wednesday.

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It was Manyama’s first career hat-trick for Chiefs, and he now joins the abovementioned stars in the top 10 list.