Stellenbosch FC confirm De Goede departure

Stellenbosch FC have announced the departure of captain Rafiq De Goede, who is set to join another DStv Premiership side.

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The Mother City-based outfit made the announcement on Thursday.

In De Goede’s departure, Stellenbosch are losing another key member in their squad, with coach Steve Barker having had to rebuild the team following the exits of Zitha Kwinika, Ashley du Preez, Stanley Digmba, Nathan Sinkala and Judas Moseamedi, who left the club recently.

The defender is one of the longest serving members at the club, having been with the team since 2014 and was part of the squad that won promotion to the South African top-tier after being crowned the National First Division champions back in 2018/19 season.

Stellenbosch revealed that they got an offer for the 29-year-old defender from another club and after talks with the player and his representatives, they agreed on the deal.

“The club can confirm that after consultation with Rafiq De Goede and his representatives we have accepted a transfer offer from a PSL Club. Rafiq was one of the longest serving players at the club and has always been exemplary on and off the field. We sincerely thank Rafiq,” wrote the club on their Twitter handle.

De Goede is expected to join Maritzburg United as according to a number of reports, the defender have been under the Team of Choice’s radar for some time and they are excited to have him move to KwaZulu-Natal.

Maritzburg have been struggling this season and they will be hoping the arrival of De Goede will help ease things up for them and move up on the league standings, where they are recently occupying 16th place.

The Team of Choice have recently appointed Fadlu Davids as their new head coach after partying ways with John Maduka.