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Neil Tovey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Robert Tovey | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-07-02) 2 July 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Juventus Durban | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Durban City | 174 | (17) |
| 1986–1989 | AmaZulu | 117 | (14) |
| 1990–1999 | Kaizer Chiefs | 341 | (27) |
| Total | 634 | (58) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1997 | South Africa | 52 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–1999 | Kaizer Chiefs (player-assistant coach) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2001–2002 | AmaZulu | ||
| 2003–2004 | Hellenic | ||
| 2005–2006 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2009–2010 | AmaZulu | ||
| 2010 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| 2011–2012 | Thanda Royal Zulu | ||
| 2015– | South Africa (Technical Director) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Neil Robert Tovey OIS (born 2 July 1962) is a South African football coach and former player. He was born in Pretoria. He holds the record for most appearances in the National Soccer League.
Contents
1 Early career
2 Club career
2.1 Durban City
2.2 AmaZulu
2.3 Kaizer Chiefs
3 International career
4 Coaching career
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Early career
Tovey was born in Pretoria but grew up in Durban. He had been playing soccer since 1969.[2] He aspired to be a doctor before opting to play professional football. His brother Mark who was also a footballer used to give him football lessons.[3] He was also coached at junior level at Juventus Durban by Clive Barker.[2]
Club career
Durban City
He made his professional debut for Durban City in 1981 and won the 1982 and 1983 NPSL titles under Clive Barker and played 176 league games.[4] Tovey was transfer listed on March 12, 1986.[5]
AmaZulu
He scored on debut in a 2--1 win over Arcadia Shepherds in Durban on 4 April 1986. He also scored in a 5--1 win over Kaizer Chiefs on June 8, 1986 in what became Chiefs' worst loss ever.[5] He stayed until 1989 and played 117 league games.[4]
Kaizer Chiefs
He joined Chiefs in 1990 and took over captaincy from Howard Freese in 1992 wearing the number 9 jersey. In the same season, Tovey got a record 52 starts which is still a record.[6] He was converted to defence by Philippe Troussier. He led Chiefs to cup victory scored two very important goals in the Rothmans Cup against QwaQwa Stars and Umtata Bush Bucks.[7] He played 341 league games for Chiefs.[4] He played 362 matches and scored 32 goals in all competitions.[2] In the very last match of his career and his last two touches Chiefs colours resulted in a goal in a 5–1 win over Dynamos on 9 June 1999.[7]
International career
Tovey is a former player of the South Africa national football team, and won 52 caps for the national side without scoring a goal.[8] He captained the team 29 times.[4]
Coaching career
Tovey coached Banyana Banyana to COSAFA Cup victory in 2002.[2] Tovey saved Hellenic from relegation in the 2003–04 season.[9] He got his UEFA A licence with a 90% pass in Henef, Germany which were the best marks since 1998.[2]
On 27 June 2015 Tovey became technical director of South Africa national football team.
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Personal life
Tovey lives in Johannesburg with his wife Nadine Tovey and has three children, Bianca (b. 1991), Jessica (b. 1993) and Sheldon (b. 1997).[9] His second daughter Jessica was a Miss Teen SA finalist in 2011 where Tyra Banks shared a picture of her on Instagram. Sheldon wears a hearing aid and has impaired speech because oxygen was cut off from his brain after being burnt by scalding water in 1998.[11] On 23 February 2015, Tovey was admitted to ICU after suffering from three heart attacks during a game of squash.[12] Tovey suffered a further heart attack in October 2016, and was admitted to hospital. [13]
References
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^ abcde "The coach for Chiefs".
^ "Neil Tovey". Kids Encyclopedia. Britannica.
^ abcd www.realnet.co.uk. "Neil Tovey in charge at Mpumalanga Black Aces".
^ ab "Full text of "Kickoff December 2015"".
^ http://www.speakersofnote.co.za/speakers.php?action=view&spid=350
^ ab "South Africa 1998/99".
^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando & Tabeira, Martín (28 May 2009). "South Africa – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^ ab "Account Suspended".
^ "Former captain Neil Tovey named as SA's technical director". 27 June 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Tovey's girl 'has what it takes'".
^ "Former Bafana Bafana skipper in intensive care".
^ "Former Bafana skipper Neil Tovey suffers heart attack". Sport 24. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
External links
Neil Tovey at National-Football-Teams.com
South Africa squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations winners (1st title) | ||
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South Africa squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup | ||
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