Percy Tau: Soccer Winger, Club, Caps and Net Worth

Percy Tau is a South African winger, born on 13 May 1994 in Witbank (now Emalahleni), who has won the CAF Champions League with both Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly. The profile card above shows his current club and updates when a signing is announced, so read that first.

The card gives the club, but the questions soccer supporters ask about Percy Muzi Tau, his caps for South Africa and his net worth, all have answers that change depending on who is counting. Every figure below carries its outlet and its year, with the money shown in rand and in US dollars where an outlet reported it.

Who Is Percy Muzi Tau?

Percy Muzi Tau is an attacker who has spent his career on the wing or just behind the striker. His name was made in the PSL with Mamelodi Sundowns, and Masandawana still talk about him as one of their own. That order matters, because the league at home came long before Europe or Egypt paid attention.

His best known season is 2017-18, when he was named PSL Footballer of the Year and PSL Players' Player of the Season, shared the Golden Boot and won the league with Sundowns. Across the continent, it is the 2023 CAF African Inter-Club Player of the Year award, which made him the first South African to win it. Add CAF Champions League winner's medals from 2016 with Sundowns and from 2022-23 and 2023-24 with Al Ahly, and you have a player who lifted that trophy with two different clubs.

The Road From Witbank: Every Club, Year And Reported Fee

The early years at Sundowns were about waiting for a place. He was in the squad that won the PSL in 2013-14 and was part of the Brazilians' side that won the CAF Champions League in 2016. A second league title arrived at the end of the 2017-18 season. That form earned the move every South African soccer supporter remembers.

Brighton & Hove Albion signed him on 20 July 2018 on a four year deal, for a reported fee of about R50 million (£2.7 million), a South African record for a domestic player. But he did not receive a UK work permit, so the next seasons were spent on loan in Belgium. He was named First Division B Player of the Season at Union SG in 2018-19, won the Belgian Pro League with Club Brugge in 2019-20, and was at Anderlecht when Brighton recalled him in January 2021, after the FA granted a Governing Body Endorsement.

Al Ahly signed him permanently on 26 August 2021, and Cairo is where the medals piled up. He made 126 appearances and scored 30 goals in all competitions for the Red Devils, winning the Egyptian Premier League and the CAF Champions League in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. Qatar SC followed in January 2025, with a reported USD 450,000 paid to Al Ahly. Thep Xanh Nam Dinh announced his arrival in Vietnam on 16 August 2025, and he made nine league appearances and scored once there.

What Percy Tau Does On The Pitch

Tau is a winger by trade, although coaches have also used him as a second striker when a side needed someone to link the play. His game rests on movement between the lines and on being able to shoot as well as pass, which is how a wide player came to share the PSL Golden Boot in 2017-18.

The defining performances all come with dates. In 2018-19 he was voted the best player in the Belgian second tier while on loan at Union SG, a long way from home. In 2023, his work in Al Ahly's continental campaigns brought the CAF African Inter-Club Player of the Year award. It could be argued that the 2017-18 PSL season remains the purest version of him, with the freedom Sundowns gave him to roam.

How Many Caps Does Percy Tau Have For Bafana Bafana?

Wikipedia and The Citizen report Percy Tau's caps for South Africa on different dates and in different wording. The Citizen reported that he earned his 50th cap in March 2025, in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Benin. Read the date beside any cap number you see, and use the international record module above for the live count, which updates after every Bafana Bafana match.

His debut came on 17 October 2015, a 2 to 0 defeat to Angola, and the first goal arrived on 25 March 2017 against Guinea-Bissau, in the 69th minute of a 3 to 1 win. His 50th cap fell in the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, against Benin.

He started all five of South Africa's games at AFCON 2019, a run that ended against Nigeria in the quarter finals, which is why Super Eagles supporters know his name as well as anyone in Soweto. He was also in the squad that finished third at AFCON 2023. For readers who follow the Black Stars, the Harambee Stars or the Uganda Cranes, that bronze medal is the reference point, because it put Bafana Bafana back among the sides the rest of the continent measures itself against.

Percy Tau net worth

Afrik-foot reported USD 9 million as Percy Tau's net worth in 2023 (about R1.6 billion at its own exchange rate), a figure it credited to a third party report. Briefly News, writing on 23 May 2026 under a net worth headline, published no net worth figure. Estimates vary by outlet, and each one is a media estimate rather than a set of accounts.

Salary reports differ as well. Afrik-foot (2025) relayed an Egyptian outlet's claim that his Al Ahly contract was worth about USD 5 million over three seasons. The same report carries a Qatar SC salary of R16.8 million a month from an unnamed report.

Briefly News (23 May 2026) cited a salary estimate website for about R22.7 million a year, given alongside about R894,000 a month. It also noted a separate report of about R1.5 million a year at Al Ahly. On endorsements, Afrik-foot (2025) gave no endorsement figure, and Briefly News lists none either. No named outlet has published an image rights figure for him, and no market value estimate from a named outlet could be found.

Every number here is a published media estimate, and the way money moves explains why they differ. A transfer fee goes to the selling club, so the R50 million of 2018 and the USD 450,000 of 2025 were paid to Sundowns and Al Ahly, never to the player. A wage is income before agents, family commitments and the cost of living abroad, and net worth is what remains after all of that. If you are reading from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana or Uganda, carry the dollar figures across and convert them at the rate of the day, because the naira, shilling and cedi move faster than any profile is updated.

Where To Find Percy Tau's Current Club

The profile card above shows the club Percy Tau plays for now, and it updates when a signing is announced. What stays true is the record he carries with him: PSL titles with Mamelodi Sundowns, seasons in Belgium and England, and continental titles in Cairo. Wherever he plays next, that record is the reference point, and the table, fixtures and results modules follow his club once the card changes.

How To Watch Percy Tau From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana And Uganda

Where you watch depends on the shirt he wears next, which is why the fixture module above lists the broadcaster for each country beside every match. Bafana Bafana games are the constant when he is selected, with qualifiers and Africa Cup of Nations matches carried across the continent on pay television sports channels and streaming, and that listing is data which can change by tournament. His Al Ahly years travelled well for the same reason, because the Egyptian Premier League and the CAF Champions League are followed closely in Lagos, Accra, Nairobi and Kampala.

Kick off times are worth learning once. South African Standard Time is two hours ahead of GMT. A match starting at 15:00 SAST in Pretoria begins at 13:00 GMT in Ghana, 14:00 WAT in Nigeria, and 16:00 EAT in Kenya and Uganda. An evening PSL fixture at 19:30 SAST becomes 17:30 GMT, 18:30 WAT and 20:30 EAT. If you follow other African soccer players abroad, the same sums apply, and every fixture card shows all four zones together, so check the card before you set an alarm.