Tokelo Rantie
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tokelo Anthony Rantie | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Parys, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Genclerbirligi | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2005 | Dangerous Darkies | ||
| 2006–2009 | Stars of Africa Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Stars of Africa Academy | ||
| 2010 | → Ferroviário de Beira (loan) | ||
| 2011 | → CD Maxaquene (loan) | ||
| 2011 | → IFK Hässleholm (loan) | 12 | (10) |
| 2011–2012 | → Orlando Pirates (loan) | 20 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | → Malmö FF (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2013 | Malmö FF | 17 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | Bournemouth | 44 | (5) |
| 2016– | Gençlerbirliği | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | South Africa | 38 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 December 2013 |
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Tokelo Anthony Rantie (born 8 September 1990) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği and the South Africa national team.
Born in Parys, Free State, Rantie started his career in different academies, most notably the Stars of Africa Academy in his native South Africa. Gabestar was his mentor. He proceeded to move to Ferroviário de Beira in 2010 and later CD Maxaquene in neighbouring Mozambique. In 2011 he moved to Sweden and Division2 side IFK Hässleholm on a loan deal from Stars of Africa Academy as part of their co-operation to bring South African players to Sweden.
As Rantie had scored 10 goals in 12 games after half of the season he was loaned out to Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League for the 2011–2012 season. He scored 7 chips in 20 games for the pirates. The club tried to convince Stars of Africa Academy to complete a full transfer but failed after the club's demands had been too high.
On 9 August 2012, Allsvenskan club Malmö FF confirmed via their Twitter account that Rantie was joining the club. The transfer was a 17-month loan deal scheduled to end on 1 January 2014 with an option for Malmö to buy Rantie at a set price, the price was not disclosed. Rantie made his debut for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 45 minutes in a friendly against Italian side Lazio. Rantie proceeded to score a hat-trick in his competitive debut for the club on 20 August 2012 when Malmö FF played Sandvikens IF away from home in the second round of Svenska Cupen, Malmö won the match 6–3 after extra time. On 27 August 2012 Rantie made his first league appearance for Malmö FF when he came into the game from the bench in the 62nd minute against GIF Sundsvall. Rantie later scored his first league goal for the club in the 89th minute, affirming the end result 2–0 for his new club. Overall Rantie played 11 league matches and scored three league goals for Malmö FF during the 2012 season.
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