Family is everything when it comes to former Orlando Pirates captain and centre back defender Lucky Lekgwathi who led the club to their second CAF Champions League final in 2013.

 

 

 
The former Orlando Pirates captain who led the Houghton based outfit to a successive domestic treble in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons recently enjoyed quality time with one special member of his family during the festive season holidays who was there for him before his rise to prominence.

As expected, “Phindamzala” as he is affectionately Known as took to his official social media account where he shared this special moment.

What’s the story?

On Thursday, Lucky Lekgwathi took to his Instagram account where he shared a photo where he was captured enjoying quality time with his older sister named Miltah.

From the shared photo on the popular platform, the former Orlando Pirates jersey number 14 and his sister were captured where it appear as if it was at their family home in Ga-Rankuwa where they were born and bred. As pair of his caption, Lucky Lekgwathi wrote, “First born ya mama”.

In other news…

When it comes Lucky Lekgwathi’s football career, the 46 year old Ga-Rankuwa born retired footballer turned restaurant owner is one of the few players in the PSL who plied their trade in two different teams before hanging up their soccer boots.

According to his player profile on 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘵, Lucky Lekgwathi began his football career at now defunct Ria Stars in the 99/00 season which was owned by businesswoman Ria Ledwaba before earning a lucrative move to Orlando Pirates in the 2002/03 season where he earned cult status during his 14 year spell at the club.

Did you know?

According to the same source mentioned above, Lucky Lekgwathi who made his Bafana Bafana debut at aged 26 years and 8 months earned 14 international caps during his playing days in the national team setup of South Africa.