Njabulo Blom

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Njabulo Blom
Personal information
Full name Njabulo Blom[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Dobsonville, South Africa
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kaizer Chiefs F.C.
Number 6
Youth career
–2019 Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Kaizer Chiefs 55 (4)
2023– St. Louis City SC 42 (2)
2024– → Kaizer Chiefs (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2019 South Africa U20 7 (0)
2021– South Africa 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 14 October 2023 (CST)

Njabulo Blom (born 11 December 1999) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League, on loan from Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC, and the South African national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Dobsonville,[2] Blom started his career at Kaizer Chiefs, and made his debut on 1 October 2019, starting against Lamontville Golden Arrows, before appearing again for the club on 27 October 2019 against Mamelodi Sundowns.[3][4]

On 23 December 2022, Blom joined Major League Soccer side St. Louis City SC ahead of their ahead of their 2023 expansion season.[5]

On 3 September 2024, Blom returned his former club Kaizer Chiefs F.C. on loan for the 2024-25 season, with an option to buy.[6]

International career

Blom appeared for the South Africa national under-20 soccer team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[2]

He made his debut for the South Africa national soccer team on 6 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ghana, a 1–0 home victory. He substituted Percy Tau in the 77th minute.[7]

Career statistics

As of Sep 23, 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout Continental[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kaizer Chiefs 2019–20[8] South African Premier Division 3 0 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 5 0
2020–21[8] South African Premier Division 27 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 3[b] 0 44 0
St. Louis City SC 2023[8] Major League Soccer 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 23 1
Career total 53 1 1 0 2 0 13 0 3 0 72 1
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in MTN 8

Honors

St. Louis City SC

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 – List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Njabulo Blom at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "How Njabulo Blom performed on Kaizer Chiefs debut". Kick Off. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Kaizer Chiefs' Njabulo Blom dubs Mamelodi Sundowns and Maritzburg United games best and worst of 2019/20". Kick Off. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ "St. Louis CITY sign South African midfielder Njabulo Blom". Major League Soccer. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  6. ^ "St. Louis CITY loan Njabulo Blom to Kaizer Chiefs". Major League Soccer. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ^ "South Africa v Ghana game report". FIFA. 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Njabulo Blom at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. ^ "St. Louis CITY dominate Sporting KC to set another MLS record". Major League Soccer. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2024.


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