New Bafana Bafana hero Evidence Makgopa reveals unlikely favourite player

Bafana Bafana and Baroka FC striker Evidence Makgopa has revealed Zlatan Ibrahimovic is his inspiration.

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Ibrahimovic is arguably the greatest Swedish player of all time and all-time top scorer with 62 international goals, over 20 more than his nearest competitor.

‘Ibra’ has played for several of the biggest clubs in Europe, including Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and AC Milan, where he is currently plying his trade.

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Evidence Makgopa made a fantastic start to his international career on Thursday, scoring two goals after coming on as a second half substitute in Bafana Bafana’s 3-2 win over Uganda.

A lot of players have labelled Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as their greatest inspiration, but Evidence Makgopa’s role model is Ibrahimovic, because he is too tall to model his game on Messi.

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“I admire a lot of international players,” said the 21-year-old hot shot, according to Goal.com.

“I don’t think there is anyone in Mzansi who motivates me that much. I am for real. And internationally you know everyone is interested in Messi and Ronaldo, but I like Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

“I think he has some things I like somehow, like his height you know. Messi is a short guy, so I look at the tall guys and try to learn from them,” Evidence Makgopa concluded.

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