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{{Short description|South African soccer player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use South African English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= David Nyathi
| fullname = David Sibusiso Nyathi
| image =
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|3|22}}
| birth_place = [[Bushbuckridge]], [[South Africa]]
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| years1 = 1991
| years2 = 1992–1993
| years3 = 1994–1995
| years4 = 1996
| years5 = 1996–1997
| years6 = 1997–1998
| years7 = 1998–2000
| years8 = 2000
| clubs1 = [[Dangerous Darkies]]
| clubs2 = [[Orlando Pirates]]
| clubs3 = [[Ajax Cape Town F.C.|Cape Town Spurs]]
| clubs4 = [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]]
| clubs5 = [[CD Tenerife]]
| clubs6 = [[FC St. Gallen]]
| clubs7 = [[Cagliari Calcio]]
| clubs8 = [[MKE Ankaragücü|Ankaragücü]]
| caps1 = 45
| caps2 = 31
| caps3 = 64
| caps4 = 15
| caps5 = 1
| caps6 = 26
| caps7 = 6
| goals1 = 6
| goals2 = 3
| goals3 = 7
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1999
| nationalteam1 = [[South Africa national soccer team|South Africa]]
| nationalcaps1 = 45
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| managerclubs1  = [[Ajax Cape Town]]''(Assistant)''
}}

'''David Sibusiso Nyathi''' (born 22 March 1969) is a retired [[South Africa]]n soccer player, who is currently the assistant coach at [[Ajax Cape Town F.C.|Ajax Cape Town]], and previously coached their under-19 team.

== Club career ==
Nyathi started playing professional football as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Dangerous Darkies]] who were promoted to the [[National Soccer League (South Africa)|National Soccer League]] (NSL) First Division]] for the first time in the [[1991 NSL First Division|1991 season]]. They were relegated into obscurity after finishing bottom of the [[1992 NSL First Division]] and Nyathi joined [[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]], where he was given the nickname "Going Up".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mlotha |first=Sipho |title=Story Behind My Nickname - David "Going Up" Nyathi |url=https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/kaizer-chiefs/story-behind-my-nickname-david-going-up-nyathi-20230530 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Kickoff |language=en-US}}</ref> He became part of the first Bafana Bafana squad upon the country's return to international football in 1992. He moved on to [[Cape Town Spurs F.C.|Cape Town Spurs]] where he won the league and cup double in 1995. He later moved to Europe where he played for a few teams, including [[FC St. Gallen]] (Switzerland), [[Ankaragücü]] (Turkey), [[CD Tenerife]] (Spain) and [[Cagliari Calcio]] (Italy).

== International career ==
Nyathi played for [[South Africa national soccer team]] and was part of the squad that travelled to [[France]] for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/teams/team=43883.html 1998 FIFA World Cup – South Africa Squad]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615133838/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/teams/team=43883.html |date=15 June 2009 }}</ref> He was also part of the squad that won the [[1996 African Cup of Nations]].

==Coaching career==
Following his retirement, he coached at [[Cape Town Spurs F.C.|Cape Town Spurs]] in a number of roles, including assistant coach, and head coach for the Under 12, Under 15, and Under 19 youth teams. As of 2022, he was coaching the Under 16 team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skriker |first=Nakishka |date=2022-05-25 |title=David Nyathi still "Going Up" |url=https://www.matiemedia.org/retired-bafana-bafana-player-david-going-up-nyathi-is-not-putting-down-his-football-boots-anytime/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=SMF News |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Soccerbase}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070907112947/http://marco79.altervista.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=test1.php&id=163 Nyathi's Profile]
* {{NFT player|pid=10969}}

{{1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{South Africa Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{South Africa Squad 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{South Africa Squad 1998 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{South Africa Squad 1998 World Cup}}

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