Tokelo Anthony Rantie - Orlando Pirates - Forward
Date of Birth: 8 September 1990
Place of Birth: Tumahole, Parys
Country of birth: South Africa
Nickname: TK
Position: Forward
Jersey no: 37
Height: 172cm
Weight: 68Kg
It’s not often that a small town-town can boast about producing a
professional soccer player, let alone on the books of South African
football giants Orlando Pirates Football Club. What is even more amazing
about Tokelo Rantie is that even though he may not be known by many
fans here at home as he has never played at the highest level in his
country of birth, the Tumahole, Parys-born striker has already tasted
life abroad with the Swedish side IFK Hassleholm giving signs that he is
a rising star of South African football.
Like many aspiring youngsters, Tokelo’s career started in the streets of
his township at the age seven, playing for Dangerous Darkies at amateur
level. At 16, he joined Farouk Khan’ Stars of Africa Academy-where he
spent five years under Farouk’s mentorship, and he has never looked
back.
Although he has never played in the South African Premier Soccer League,
let alone in the competitive National First Division, Rantie has a bit
of experience from Mozambique-where he played in the Premiership
division for Ferroviario de Beira and later Clube Desporto de Maxaquene,
before he went to Sweden earlier this year, through Khan’s Stars of
Africa.
