Mamelodi Sundowns defender, Tiyani Mabunda, has said Prophet Bushiri rescued his soccer career with prayers. Mabunda, 30, said that be...
Mamelodi Sundowns defender, Tiyani Mabunda, has said
Prophet Bushiri rescued his soccer career with prayers.
Mabunda, 30, said that before he became a regular in the
starting line-up, he had only played a cumulative of 20 minutes in three
seasons for Sundowns. He said his career was facing early termination as he
also suffered endless injuries. He was loaned out to Free State Stars.
"But all that changed after I visited Prophet Bushiri
in 2015. I was taken to the church by my fiance because things were not going
well for me. It was on the 17th of April 2015. I remember very well because it
was on my birthday," Mabunda said.
"I had lost hope and was beginning to believe that my
football career was over because I was told by the club's four doctors that I
had to undergo surgery for a groin injury and there was no guarantee that I
would play football again," said Mabunda.
He revealed that while at the church, Bushiri, popularly
known as Major One, prayed for him and assured him that if he believed that God
would help him, in few days he would be joining the first team and would start
playing regularly at Sundowns.
"I believed... the next day I was training with the
first team," he said. He said because of what Bushiri had done for him, he
even thought the Malawian preacher had come to the country specifically for
him.
"I have come to know and understand God under his
leadership. It was through his teachings, prayers and wellwishes for me that I
was able to get to this level in life."
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