Surprise Moriri

Template:Short description Template:Use South African English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri (born 20 March 1980 in Matibidi, Mpumalanga) is a South African former professional footballer who used to play as a midfielder or striker. He also represented 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 friendly match against Lesotho on 8 October 2003.

He scored his first goal for South Africa in their 3–0 win over Chad in the 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2007-03-24	Ndjamena, Chad	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Chad	flag alias = Flag of Chad.svg	link alias-air force = Chadian Air Force	link alias-army = Chadian Ground Forces	link alias-military = Chad National Army	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || 1–0 || 3–0 || African Nations Cup qualifier
2	2008-03-26	Atteridgeville, South Africa	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Paraguay	flag alias = Flag of Paraguay.svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg	flag alias-1826 = Flag of Paraguay (1826-1842).svg	flag alias-1842 = Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg	flag alias-1954 = Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg	flag alias-1988 = Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg	flag alias-1990 = Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg	link alias-naval = Paraguayan Navy	link alias-air force = Paraguayan Air Force	link alias-army = Paraguayan Army	link alias-navy = Paraguayan Navy	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }} || 1–0 || 3–0 || Friendly
3	2008-06-07	Atteridgeville, South Africa	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Equatorial Guinea	flag alias = Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg	link alias-naval = Navy of Equatorial Guinea	link alias-navy = Navy of Equatorial Guinea	link alias-military = Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }} || 2–1 || 4–1 || WCQ
4	2010-04-28	Berlin, Germany	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Jamaica	flag alias = Flag of Jamaica.svg	flag alias-1875 = Flag of Jamaica (1875–1906).svg	flag alias-1906 = Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg	flag alias-1957 = Flag of Jamaica (1957–1962).svg	flag alias-army = Flag of the Jamaica Defence Force.svg	link alias-army = Jamaica Defence Force	link alias-air force = Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing	flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing.svg	flag alias-coast guard = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg	link alias-coast guard = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard	flag alias-naval = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg	link alias-naval = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard	flag alias-navy = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg	link alias-navy = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }} || 2–0 || 2–0 || Friendly
5	2010-05-31	Polokwane, South Africa	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Guatemala	flag alias = Flag of Guatemala.svg	flag alias-1825 = Flag of Guatemala (1825-1838).svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg	flag alias-1843 = Flag of Guatemala (1843-1851).svg	flag alias-1851 = Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg	flag alias-1858 = Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg	flag alias-1871 = Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg	flag alias-1968 = Flag of Guatemala (1968-1997).svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg	link alias-naval = Guatemalan Navy	link alias-air force = Guatemalan Air Force	link alias-army = Guatemalan Army	link alias-navy = Guatemalan Navy	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }} || 3–0 || 5–0 || Friendly

Honours

Mameloni Sundowns

• CAF Champions League: 2016

External links

• Template:PAGENAMEBASE at National-Football-Teams.com