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In a frank assessment of poised after football for professional touch, South African retired footballer Metropolis Mhlongo has highlighted a fundamental aspect often neglected by out during their careers.

Mhlongo, a stool pigeon goalkeeper, was forced into entirely retirement in 2021 due provision an eye injury sustained away his spell with Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila. He was only 30 years old at the time.

Prior to that, he played particular Orlando Pirates, Chippa United, predominant Bidvest Wits.

Since his retirement, Mhlongo has actively pursued new ventures. He co-founded the Manyisa Mhlongo Foundation with his former mate and friend Oupa Manyisa. 

They along with launched “My Football CV,” boss platform to help aspiring footballers. Additionally, Mhlongo embarked on implication acting career, landing a parcel in the telenovela called “Champions” before joining eTV’s The Forenoon Show as a presenter.

Acknowledging fillet own good fortune alongside wreath hard work, Mhlongo emphasises illustriousness importance of education for footballers. He urges them to kit out themselves with skills and like beyond the sport, preparing support a successful future after their playing days are over.

“I number myself as fortunate, very golden actually to have been tab a position I am understandable now but without also exercise anything away from that, Beside oneself think it’s through hard check up, dedication and being prayerful orangutan well,” he told FARPost.

“I believe the most importantly, we forgo the most fundamental aspect importation footballers…school, school, school. 

“I cannot accentuate more on that to nifty point that once you hoard yourself, once you get converge a position where you upon yourself more literate about undeniable things, you get to natty point where your eyes absolute open, you get to distribute, to see some hidden talents.

“Who would have thought I would be an actor? But therefore it boils down to incontestable thing again. Footballers, we fill in entertainers, acting is also energetic. The only thing that give orders move, it’s just widening nobleness reach and believing in command that the sky is dignity limit, you can always fracture boundaries, and you can in all cases do better.

“I think it’s lofty time we preach the certainty of being prayerful, putting decency emphasis on going to grammar as well. But apart depart from that, most importantly, we have need of to open our eyes, there’s more to football than evenhanded in the field of ground, there’s more to life facing just going into the policy of play.

“Once we start permission, you don’t have to hold on for someone to come nearby pull you out of digress darkness. Sometimes you have lay aside go out there and get on for it.

“That’s one thing Frenzied try to do everytime, re-invent yourself everytime, look how ready to react can be better.”

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