I’ve developed a lot as a coach under Molefi Ntseki - David Mathebula

Mathebula, also a legend of the club having won league titles under the late Ted Dumitru says his second coming to Chiefs as a coach has been made easy by someone like Ntseki. He says he’s grown on the technical bench in the past year.

"I think 80% of my work is something which I've learnt at Kaizer Chiefs as a coach. I've been coaching everywhere but there were no people who were leading in those projects, so I had to bring my skill and then no one to reflect what I'm doing," he said.

"But with coach Ntseki around, I think I've developed a lot as a coach. From how you prepare the game, how you analyse a player, how you prepare for a session and how you prepare for the season as well. I think coming to join Kaizer Chiefs was very good for me and I think I will develop further to become one of the best coaches."

Ntseki is not a “Mafikizolo” in the coaching space, having been at the Highest Performance Level as a coach for more than 20 years now. He has been to U17 (2015) and U20 FIFA World Cups (2009), as well as the Olympic Games (2016). Mathebula says the experience of the former Bafana Bafana mentor can never be doubted.

"He's got so much experience and when we have football conversations I think you feel that you think you know a lot about developing players but only to find out that you've got so much more that you can learn, more especially from him," Mathebula added.

"He's been to the World Cup, promoted a lot of players, developed a lot of players and that's the kind of person that you want around you so that you can get as much information as you can. More especially at this time of my career as a coach as a young coach. I'm privileged to have him around."

As a Head of Technical and Youth Development at Chiefs, under Ntseki there had been some huge improvements in the past two years. This is also reflected by the number of call-ups to the junior national teams and the success of the club’s youth teams in their respective leagues and tournaments. With Ntseki now in the senior team, Mathebula knows that they will be continuing with the production of talent.

"Having known him and working with him for close to a year now, I understand what type of players he's looking for. I understand what type of person he is, so, when preparing these players because we are preparing them for the senior team, they need to know that they will be working with a very professional coach who expects all the players to give their 100% from training until we play the match."