Mbulelo Mabizela is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder and defender for Mpumalanga Black Aces. Nicknamed "Old John" as a young player for showing maturity beyond his years, he holds the record as the youngest player to captain the South African national team at the age of twenty. Whilst he has all the ability required to be an outstanding player with good pace, strength, composure on the ball with both feet and the timing of tackles, Mabizela has had a career littered with troubles. Mabizela was released by Tottenham Hotspur after only fourteen months with the club for disciplinary problems in 2004, this followed him having been stripped of the Bafana Bafana captaincy for going AWOL a few months earlier. Other troubles have included a six-month ban for the use of a banned substance in 2006 and in December 2008 a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. [More at Wikipedia]

September 16th, 1980 in Pietermaritzburg (Age 43)