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Benedict Vilakazi (born August 9, 1982 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder for Botswana Meat Commission in Botswana. He has been noted as one of the smallest current professional international footballers (standing at a mere 1.57 m) but makes up for this with a strong physical presence. He was born in Diepkloof, Soweto and is nicknamed "Tso" and "Little Napoleon" due to his leading skills. ==Career== Vilakaz played for South Africa at the 2006 African Nations Cup in Egypt. His professional career was rocked by sex scandals with juveniles including being dragged to court on allegation of statutory rape. He was however acquitted of the charge as it was alleged that it was with consent. The complainant has since given birth to his son. He publicly apologised to soccer fans after his acquittal. The sex scandal also prohibited him going through with his move to the Swedish side Djurgården that was supposed to go through right before the scandal hit. On July 27, 2007, he was transferred to Danish Superliga club Aalborg BK. He was given a 5-year contract. Due to sickness he had not adjusted to the European style of football, and therefore he has only played a few games in the Danish league. Vilakazi returned to South Africa July 2008, signing a contract with Pretoria based side Mamelodi Sundowns where he was also joined by former FC Copenhagen striker Sibusiso Zuma. After not making an impact at Sundowns, Vilakazi was loaned out to Mpumalanga Black Aces for the 2010-11 PSL season. While at the new club, Vilakazi had a fall out with Black Aces' management due to him missing several training sessions and further disciplinary problems. Consequently, Mamelodi Sundowns did not renew Vilakazi's contract after its expiry at the end of the 2010-11 season. Vilakazi had short spells at Black Leopards and in Swaziland with Malanti Chiefs before moving to Botswana Premier League team Notwane FC in July 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/vilakazi-joins-notwane/135472 )〕 In November 2013, he terminated his contract with Notwane after not receiving his salary and signing-on fee,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gazettebw.com/?p=5983 )〕 and joined Botswana Meat Commission on a one-year contract.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/39064/botswana-meat-commission-township-rollers-tso-shakes-join-new-teams )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benedict Vilakazi (association football)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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