10 Things You Don’t Know About Kagisho Dikgacoi

Kagisho Dikgacoi, is one of the great football players to have emerged out of the South African football scene and he has played both locally and internationally. KG is a great central midfielder and of the working players in the Golden Arrows colors. Below are 10 things you do not know about Dikgacoi.

1. Dikgacoi began his career at local club Cardiff Spurs, before moving to Golden Arrows in 2005 as a little-known holding midfielder from lower league side Bloemfontein Young Tigers.
2. At Arrows, he developed into one of the country’s best players in his position and was subsequently rewarded with the captain’s armband.
3. Dikgacoi stayed with Arrows from 2005 to 2009.
4. Dikgacoi made his international debut on 27 May 2007, in a COSAFA Cup match against Mauritius. He scored his first two goals on 7 June 2008, in a 2010 World Cup qualifier  against Equatorial Guinea, which ended 4–1. He was part of Bafana Bafana’s 2008 AFCON squad and was also a participant at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, held in his home country.
5. On 4 August 2009, Dikgacoi announced that he had reached an agreement with Fulham after a successful trial at the club. The deal was only finalised on 26 August after a work permit was granted. Dikgacoi had trained with his former club Golden Arrows while the work permit process took place in order to maintain fitness.
6. He made his debut for Fulham on 4 October, but was sent off in the 41st minute for slapping Scott Parker.
7. After appearing only once for Fulham under Mark Hughes in the 2010/2011 season, Dikgacoi was allowed to drop down a division and join Crystal Palace in February on a loan deal until the end of the season.
8. He made 25 appearances during the season as Cardiff missed out on the play-offs, before his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 26 August 2016.
9. In 2016 upon returning from overseas and coming back to play for Golden Arrows, Dikgacoi got married to his long time girlfriend in a private wedding that was attended by Simphiwe Tshabalala and close friends.
10. KG is currently struggling with a back injury that is keeping him out of the second leg of the PSL season.