Mohau Nkota Biography: Everything You Need To Know About The South African Footballer


Mohau Nkota, born on November 9, 2004, is a South African professional footballer who plays for Orlando Pirates, a team in the South African Betway Premiership


Mohau Nkota, born on November 9, 2004, is a South African professional footballer who plays for Orlando Pirates, a team in the South African Betway Premiership. 

He is known for his speed, agility and goal scoring prowess which have made him a fan favourite and a force to be reckoned with. 

On October 25, 2024, Mohau Nkota scored a brace in Orlando Pirates' 2-1 win over Amazulu in the 2024/2025 Betway Premiership season to give them three points and move top of the league table. 


Here's everything you need to know about Mohau Nkota:

  • His real name is Mohau Nkota
  • He was born on November 9, 2004, in Kimberly, North Cape, South Africa
  • As of 2024, he is 19 years old 
  • He developed a strong passion for football as a child and decided to pursue it as a career, starting from local leagues before he was eventually scouted by Orlando Pirates' youth academy
  • While playing for the youth academy, he performed well at the Diski Challenge which eventually led to his promotion to the first team
  • He is a wide attacker and striker but sometimes prefer to play as an inverted winger to enable him cut in from the right hand side of the attack and shoot with his left foot
  • Although his net worth has not been publicly disclosed, it is at least known that he earns between R15,500 and R30,600 every month