William Mokoena


William Mokoena is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He was widely known by his nickname Naughty due to frequent misbehaviour, scandals and controversies.
He has played for Manning Rangers, Orlando Pirates and AmaZulu.

Club career

Mokoena was born in Johannesburg.
After being relegated with African Wanderers during 2000–01 season, Mokoena signed for Moroka Swallows.

International career

Mokoena played four matches for South Africa national [under-23 football team|South Africa U23 team] in 1995. Mokoena was included in the South Africa national football team for the 1998 [FIFA World Cup] in France but did not play. He chose to return home, along with Brendan Augustine after being fined R100,000 for breaches of discipline after breaking curfew set by coach Philippe Troussier.