Mogomotsi Mpote is a Motswana former footballer and manager[1] currently in charge of club Botswana.[2]

Mogomotsi Mpote
Personal information
Full name Mogomotsi Mpote
Date of birth (1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Serowe, Botswana
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976 Miscellaneous
Diamond Chiefs
TASC
Managerial career
1996–2005 TASC (assistant)
2005 TASC
Miscellaneous
2012–2013 BR Highlanders
2013–2015 Township Rollers (assistant)
2015 Township Rollers (caretaker)
2015–2017 Township Rollers (assistant)
2017 Township Rollers
2017–2018 Township Rollers (assistant)
2018 Orapa United (assistant)
2018–2021 Orapa United
2019 Botswana (caretaker)
2022–2023 Botswana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mpote played as a striker or classic number nine. Beginning his career as a teenager at Miscellaneous in 1976, he was nicknamed 'Teenage' because of his young age. Mpote would win the Botswana Second Division, then Botswana's second tier league with Miscellaneous before joining Orapa club Diamond Chiefs whom he helped win the Second Division as captain and player-coach in 1985. He later joined TASC, helping them win the 1990 Botswana FA Cup.[3]

After retiring as a player Mpote joined TASC as an assistant manager in 1996 and worked under Dick Chama and Seth Moleofhi. Following Moleofhi's departure in 2005 Mpote was made the manager and immediately led the club to a fourth-place league finish. He would also lead Miscellaneous back to the Premier League and relegate BR Highlanders before joining Premier League giants Township Rollers as assistant manager. In 2017 after Mark Harrison left mid-season Mpote was appointed for the rest of the season and won the Botswana Premier League, becoming the first Motswana to do so since Joseph Panene in 2005. However, the following season he was demoted to assistant manager once again and left after clashing with Nikola Kavazovic.[4] He joined fellow Premier League club Orapa United, initially as assistant manager but promoted to manager after Bongani Mafu's departure.[5]

Honours

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Player

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Miscellaneous

1978

Diamond Chiefs

1985

TASC

1990

Manager

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Township Rollers

2016-17

Orapa United

2018-19
2019-20

Individual

References

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  1. ^ https://www.mmegi.bw/index.phpaid=76021&dir=2018/june/04 [dead link]
  2. ^ http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/mobile/news-details.php?nid=43544&flag=
  3. ^ http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/mobile/news-details.php?nid=36419&flag=
  4. ^ https://www.mmegi.bw/index.phpaid=76021&dir=2018/june/04 [dead link]
  5. ^ "Mpote takes over from sacked Mafu". 30 October 2018.
  6. ^ http://www.mmegi.bw/index.phpaid=83338&dir=2019/november/04 [permanent dead link]