The above photo shows South African footballer Lucas Radebe during the
game against Paraguay in Busan at the 2002 World Cup Finals.
SOUTH AFRICA 2:2 PARAGUAY (1:0) Teboho Mokoena, Quinton Fortune pen
(02.06.02 Busan - 25,186)
Andre Arendse, Aaron Mokoena, Pierre Issa (27 McDonald Mukansi), Lucas Radebe (c),
Bradley Carnell, Cyril Nzama, MacBeth Sibaya, Teboho Mokoena, Quinton Fortune,
Sibosisu Zuma, Benedict McCarthy (78 George Koumantarakis)
SOUTH AFRICA 1:0 SLOVENIA (1:0) Siyabonga Nomvete (08.06.02 Daegu - 47,226)
Andre Arendse, Aaron Mokoena, Cyril Nzama, Lucas Radebe (c), Bradley Carnell,
Sibosisu Zuma, MacBeth Sibaya, Teboho Mokoena, Quinton Fortune (84 Jabo Pule),
Siyabonga Nomvete (71 Delron Buckley), Benedict McCarthy (80 George Koumantarakis).
SOUTH AFRICA 2:3 SPAIN (1:2) Benny McCarthy,
Lucas Radebe (12.06.02 Daejeon, 31,024)
Andre Arendse, Aaron Mokoena, Cyril Nzama, Lucas Radebe (c - 80 Thabang Molefe),
Bradley Carnell, Sibosisu Zuma, MacBeth Sibaya, Teboho Mokoena,
Quinton Fortune (83 Jacob Lekgetho), Siyabonga Nomvete (74 George Koumantarakis),
Benedict McCarthy.
In 1991 Lucas Radebe was shot whilst driving with his brother Lazarus to buy drinks for his mother but was not critically wounded. Radebe was shopping for his mother, accompanied by his brothers, one of his sisters and her baby. While walking, they heard a gunshot, but didn't pay it much attention because, says Radebe: "In Soweto you heard shots all the time".
He felt a pain in his back and he was bleeding, and his left leg went limp. Radebe was rushed to hospital but nothing vital had been damaged. The bullet had entered his back and exited halfway down his thigh. It was suspected that someone was hired to shoot him rather than allow him to switch clubs.
His wife Feziwe died of cancer in October 2008, two months later Lucas was treated for a heart complaint after collapsing while at the gym. |