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{{Short description|South African soccer player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|     name = Surprise Moriri
|          image = 
|       fullname = Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri<ref name="S. Moriri">{{Cite news
| title = S. Moriri
| url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/s-moriri/59161/
| publisher = Soccerway
| accessdate = 16 April 2014}}</ref>
|    birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Matibidi]], South Africa
|         height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|       position = [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]<br />[[Forward (association football)#Second striker|Second striker]]
|    currentclub =
|     clubnumber =
|    youthyears1 =           |youthclubs1 = Wattville Watford Brothers
|         years1 = 2002–2004 |clubs1 = [[Silver Stars (South Africa)|Silver Stars]] |caps1 = 51  |goals1 = 19
|         years2 = 2004–2016 |clubs2 = [[Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.|Mamelodi Sundowns]] |caps2 = 115 |goals2 = 39
|         years3 = 2016–2017     |clubs3 = [[Highlands Park F.C.|Highlands Park]]       |caps3 = 22   |goals3 = 2
| totalcaps = 188
| totalgoals = 60
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2010 |nationalteam1 = [[South Africa national soccer team|South Africa]] |nationalcaps1 = 34  |nationalgoals1 = 5<!-- When you update this parameter, please update the ntupdate parameter! -->
|       pcupdate = 27 May 2017
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'''Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri''' (born 20 March 1980 in [[Matibidi]], [[Mpumalanga]]) is a South African former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who used to play as a [[midfielder]] or [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He also represented [[South Africa national soccer team|South Africa]] as an international and amassed 34 caps during his time with the South Africa national team from 2003-2010.

==Club career==
Moriri was a free-scoring midfielder who was chosen as South Africa's [[PSL Player of the Season]] in 2005–06. He usually played as a second striker or behind the striker as a supporting or shadow striker. He was also deployed on the right side of midfield. He scored 12 goals in all competitions (11 in the league) to be Sundowns' top scorer and help the 'Brazilians' to their first league title since 2000.

In the 2006–07 season he eclipsed that amount, once again scoring eleven league goals to go along with three in the [[CAF Champions League]].

The 2007–08 season was a less prolific league campaign for him in which he only managed three league goals. However, he was more successful in other competitions that season, scoring two [[Nedbank Cup]] goals, one [[MTN 8]] goal, one Tekom Knockout goal, and four CAF Champions League, a total of 11 cup goals.

On 18 June 2007, Sundowns played a friendly against [[FC Barcelona]] in South Africa. Moriri scored within one minute and 30 seconds to make it 1–0. After many missed chances from both teams, Barcelona eventually went on to win the game 2–1 after two late goals from substitutes [[Santiago Ezquerro]] and [[Marc Crosas Luque]].

==International career==
Moriri made his debut in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Lesotho national football team|Lesotho]] on 8 October 2003.

He scored his first goal for [[South Africa national soccer team|South Africa]] in their 3–0 win over Chad in the [[African Cup of Nations|MTN Africa Cup of Nations]] qualifiers.

He was in the South African squad for the [[2008 African Nations Cup]].

He was part of the Bafana Bafana squad for the 2010 World Cup, coming off the bench against Uruguay.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 2007-03-24 || [[Ndjamena]], Chad || {{fb|Chad}} || 1–0 || 3–0 || [[African Nations Cup|African Nations Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 2 || 2008-03-26 || [[Atteridgeville]], South Africa || {{fb|Paraguay}} || 1–0 || 3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 3 || 2008-06-07 || [[Atteridgeville]], South Africa || {{fb|Equatorial Guinea}} || 2–1 || 4–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|WCQ]]
|-
| 4 || 2010-04-28 || [[Berlin]], Germany || {{fb|Jamaica}} || 2–0 || 2–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 5 || 2010-05-31 || [[Polokwane]], South Africa || {{fb|Guatemala}} || 3–0 || 5–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
;Mameloni Sundowns
*[[CAF Champions League]]: 2016

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=15266}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:South African men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:South Africa men's international soccer players]]
[[Category:2008 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Platinum Stars F.C. players]]
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[[Category:People from Thaba Chweu Local Municipality]]
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]
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