Teboho Mokoena: The Sundowns and South Africa Soccer Midfielder, His Club, Caps and Net Worth

Teboho Mokoena is a South African central midfielder, born on 24 January 1997 in Bethlehem, who plays international soccer for South Africa and joined Mamelodi Sundowns in January 2022. Wikipedia listed him with 58 caps and 10 goals for Bafana Bafana between 2018 and 2026, and on 24 May 2026 he scored in the second leg of the CAF Champions League final that made Sundowns champions of Africa for the second time.

Mokoena is the player who takes the free kicks for both club and country. The net worth and salary figures in circulation are estimates from news outlets, so each one appears here with its outlet, its date and a rough conversion into naira, Kenyan shillings, cedis and Ugandan shillings.

Who Is Teboho Mokoena?

His full name is Teboho Michael Mokoena, and he has spent his entire senior career at two South African clubs. Searches sometimes return a namesake, so the label to look for is Teboho Mokoena (born 1997). The man profiled here is the midfielder from Bethlehem in the Free State who came through at SuperSport United and became a continental name with Sundowns.

Which club does Teboho Mokoena play for? He joined Mamelodi Sundowns in January 2022, after six years in the SuperSport United first team, and he plays in the centre of their midfield in the Betway Premiership and in CAF competition. A squad number can change from one registration to the next, so the squad module carries his number alongside his appearances for this season.

How many caps does he have for Bafana Bafana? Wikipedia listed 58 caps and 10 goals for South Africa between 2018 and 2026, while an older feature put him on 45 caps and nine goals, which shows how quickly a printed total dates. Neither number is wrong for the day it was counted, although every international window can add to the record, so the live data module owns the running total and the figures written here stay fixed to their dates.

The Road: From the SuperSport United Academy to Masandawana

Mokoena came through the SuperSport United academy, and Stuart Baxter promoted him to the first team in 2016. His professional debut followed in February 2017, as a late substitute in a 5 to 2 league win over Golden Arrows, which is about as gentle an introduction to senior soccer as a young midfielder could ask for. The medals came quickly after that first appearance. He won the Nedbank Cup with SuperSport in 2017 and added the MTN 8 in 2019, by which time he was a regular name on the team sheet.

His six years at SuperSport United, between 2016 and 2022, amount to a full education in the Premiership before the bigger move. Those years matter when you read his profile, because he arrived at Sundowns as a finished senior player and an established international, with cup finals already behind him. That grounding explains why the step up to a side chasing African titles looked so comfortable.

His record shows a single transfer between clubs. He moved from SuperSport United to Mamelodi Sundowns in January 2022. The move placed him in a side that won the Premiership in 2021-22 and in each of the next three seasons to 2024-25. The log tells a story of Sundowns' consistency against everyone else's streaks, and four titles in a row is what that consistency looks like.

What Does Teboho Mokoena Do on the Pitch?

Mokoena is a central midfielder who links defence and attack, and who is trusted on the ball in the busiest part of the pitch. The phrase South Africans reach for is midfield maestro, and it fits, because his passing range decides where a match is played. He is also the designated man at set pieces. He takes free kicks and penalties and shoots from long range, so opponents must defend him from distances where most midfielders are only looking for the next pass.

Which performances define him for club and country? Two stand out, and both arrived in stoppage time. At the Africa Cup of Nations finals held at the start of 2024, he scored a free kick against Morocco in the round of 16 as Bafana Bafana went on to finish third. Then, on 24 May 2026, he scored in first half stoppage time of the second leg as Sundowns beat AS FAR 2 to 1 on aggregate in the CAF Champions League final. EWN reported that he and goalkeeper Ronwen Williams played key roles in that title, the second for the club after 2016.

For readers outside South Africa, the simplest frame of reference is the midfielder your own national side is built around. Ghanaian supporters tend to set him beside Thomas Partey of the Black Stars and Nigerian supporters beside Wilfred Ndidi of the Super Eagles, while followers of Harambee Stars and the Cranes will recognise the role from their own teams. What Mokoena adds to that company is the dead ball, since a free kick well outside the box counts as a scoring chance when he stands over it.

The Bafana Bafana Record: Debut, Tournaments and the Goals That Mattered

His route into the national set up ran through the age groups. He played at the 2017 FIFA Under 20 World Cup in South Korea, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021) he scored against France in a 4 to 3 defeat. The senior debut came on 15 July 2017 against Botswana, in a qualifier for the 2018 African Nations Championship. His first senior goal arrived on 13 October 2018, in a 6 to 0 win over Seychelles during qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations is the tournament that made his name across the continent. South Africa finished third, and Mokoena supplied the stoppage time free kick against Morocco in the round of 16. He was named in the Team of the Tournament afterwards. For supporters in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda who watch every AFCON closely, those knockout rounds turned a PSL midfielder into a familiar face.

Wikipedia put his record at 58 caps and 10 goals between 2018 and 2026. One detail explains why totals differ between profiles: his senior debut is dated July 2017, yet some listings start his international career in 2018, so the starting point changes the count. The safest habit is to read the caps module, which updates after every international, and to treat any printed figure as a snapshot.

What Has Teboho Mokoena Won?

With SuperSport United he won the Nedbank Cup in 2017 and the MTN 8 in 2019. With Mamelodi Sundowns the list is longer: the Premiership in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, the Africa Football League in 2023 and the CAF Champions League in 2025-26. For South Africa there is the third place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Each honour carries its year because the list grows over time, and the records module on the page shows anything won after these dates.

Teboho Mokoena net worth

Briefly News estimated Teboho Mokoena's net worth at R10 million to R25 million on 23 May 2026, a range that includes bonuses and incentives, and Afrik-foot estimated it at R10 million to R15 million on 5 October 2025. Both are published estimates, and neither is a set of accounts. Briefly News itself stressed that its numbers are estimates. Read the range as a sense of scale from two news outlets, and expect it to be revised whenever a new report appears.

What does that mean outside South Africa? At a rough rate of about R17.50 to the US dollar, the wider range of R10 million to R25 million is roughly USD 570,000 to USD 1.4 million. Using about ₦85, KSh 7.4, GH₵0.65 and USh 205 to the rand, it comes to around ₦850 million to ₦2.1 billion, KSh 74 million to KSh 185 million, GH₵6.5 million to GH₵16 million, or USh 2 billion to USh 5.1 billion. Exchange rates move daily, so treat these as rounded guides and redo the sum at the rate of the day.

Afrik-foot listed his salary at R300,000 to R500,000 a month in October 2025, and Briefly News gave the same range in May 2026, adding that some estimates sit near R420,000. Readers in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda usually see wages quoted by the week, and the monthly range works out at about R69,000 to R115,000 a week, or roughly USD 4,000 to USD 6,600. In local money the monthly figure is around ₦25.5 million to ₦42.5 million, KSh 2.2 million to KSh 3.7 million, GH₵195,000 to GH₵325,000, or USh 61.5 million to USh 102.5 million.

Market value is a different measure again. Briefly News reported in May 2026 that his market value rose from about €1 million in 2020 to about €2.3 million in 2025, and that figure is a transfer value, meaning the price a buying club might pay. The same report says he has several commercial partnerships, but it gives no fees. No deal values are public.

Why do these numbers not add up to one neat total? A transfer fee or market value goes to the selling club, so the €2.3 million figure describes what a buyer might pay Sundowns and says nothing about what sits in the bank account of the player. A wage is income before any spending or agent commission, and twelve months at the reported range comes to R3.6 million to R6 million. It could be argued that the net worth estimates are simply a few seasons of that pay with bonuses added, which would explain why the range is so wide.

How to Watch Teboho Mokoena From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

Mokoena plays domestic matches and CAF club competition with Sundowns, and internationals with Bafana Bafana. Which broadcaster or streaming service carries each match differs by country and by competition, so the viewing details sit in the fixture cards as data for Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda, and they update when schedules change. Many supporters outside Mzansi follow through pay television, streaming or a mobile app, and the card for each match is the place to confirm the option for your country before kick off.

Kick off times are listed in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT together, which saves the mental arithmetic. Measured against GMT, SAST runs two hours on, WAT one hour on and EAT three hours on. Take a 15:00 SAST start: Accra shows 13:00 GMT, Lagos shows 14:00 WAT, and Nairobi and Kampala show 16:00 EAT. CAF nights and AFCON matches follow the same conversion, wherever on the continent they are played.

The modules above the copy do the work that changes with results. Fixtures and results show where he plays next and how the last match went, the log shows where Sundowns stand, and the caps module tracks his Bafana Bafana record. If you follow other players from the continent, including those who cross borders to join PSL clubs, the directory of African soccer players holds their profiles in the same format. Start with the next dated fixture card, check the kick off in your own time zone, and use the live modules for anything that moves.