Itumeleng Khune Will Play One More Season Before Retirement!

Itumeleng Khune Will Play One More Season Before Retirement! The goalkeeper will have one last hurrah for Amakhosi.

Itumeleng has signed a one-year contract extension with Kaizer Chiefs. He will retire from football at the end of it and move into coaching.

Itu will also use the season as an opportunity to transition into the technical aspects of the game, while working with the marketing department at the club. This means that he will enter his 20^th season as a professional footballer.

“Kaizer Chiefs’ longest serving player and Club captain, Itumeleng Khune, has been handed a new contract which will see him play for Amakhosi for one final season, taking his professional career to two decades,” the club announced.

“Khune, who spent five years in the Chiefs development structures before being promoted to the senior team in 2004/05 season, will be in the Gold & Black as a member of the Chiefs first team for a 20^th season – which is a new record for Chiefs. He made his debut in August 2007 against Jomo Cosmos, at the age of 20.

“While Khune will be involved in training and preparations for matches as a player, he will also use this year to broaden his technical acumen, as he transitions into a new coaching and ambassadorial role working with the marketing division at the Club.

“The Ventersdorp-born goalkeeper holds the record for featuring in the- the greatest number of successive seasons as a Kaizer Chiefs player in the PSL era (16) since his introduction in 2007 and will boost his coaching aspirations working under the returning Rainer Dinkelacker, as well as coaches Aubrey Mathibe and Rory Minnaar in the goalkeeping department.”

Despite his age, the goalkeeper will hope to play a part on the field for Molefi Ntseki. Itumeleng Khune Will Play One More Season Before Retirement!