Player · South Africa · Defender

Innocent Maela

No recorded goals

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Caps: 16
Starts: 14
Minutes: 1,300
Win % when playing: 56.3%
Goals: 0
Matches scored in: 0
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: —
Yellow cards: 1
Sent off: 0

Goals by year

Nothing to draw.

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Nothing to draw.

South Africa with and without them

South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	16	9	5	2	24	13	56.3%
Without them	44	21	15	8	56	32	47.7%

Played most alongside10


Percy Tau	11
Ronwen Williams	11
Themba Zwane	9
Thulani Hlatshwayo	9
Teboho Mokoena	7
Lebo Mothiba	6
Sfiso Hlanti	6
Siyanda Xulu	6
Thapelo Morena	6
Darren Keet	5

Faced most10


Absalom Iimbondi	Namibia	2
Afriyie Acquah	Ghana	2
Ananias Gebhardt	Namibia	2
Baba Rahman	Ghana	2
Caleb Ekuban	Ghana	2
Fashion Sakala	Zambia	2
Joslin Kamatuka	Namibia	2
Marcel Papama	Namibia	2
Mubarak Wakaso	Ghana	2
Samuel Kwame Owusu	Ghana	2

Against0

Nothing here.

At tournaments0

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.

Nothing here.

Every goal0

Nothing here.

Every match on record16

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


12 Sep 2023	v DR Congo	1–0	started	90	—	—	Friendly
9 Sep 2023	v Namibia	0–0	started, off 63′	63	—	—	Friendly
17 Jun 2023	v Morocco	2–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
28 Mar 2023	v Liberia	2–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
24 Sep 2022	v Sierra Leone	4–0	started	90	—	—	Friendly
10 Jun 2021	v Uganda	3–2	started	90	—	—	Friendly
28 Mar 2021	v Sudan	0–2	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations qualification 2021
25 Mar 2021	v Ghana	1–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations qualification 2021
13 Nov 2020	v São Tomé and Príncipe	2–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations qualification 2020
11 Oct 2020	v Zambia	1–2	came on 68′	22	—	—	Friendly
8 Oct 2020	v Namibia	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
13 Oct 2019	v Mali	2–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
15 Jun 2019	v Ghana	0–0	came on 45′	45	—	—	Friendly
24 Mar 2019	v Libya	2–1	started	90	—	Yellow	African Cup of Nations qualification 2019
20 Nov 2018	v Paraguay	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
24 Mar 2018	v Zambia	2–0	started	90	—	—	Friendly

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.