I was pushing the wheelbarrow

From pushing wheelbarrows to pushing for a starting spot in the PSL, Sekhukhune United defender Sikhosonke Langa’s rise to the top is a story of persistence, faith and unexpected detours. Langa’s journey saw him drop out of football temporarily, take up construction work, and bounce around lower league clubs before finally making his Betway Premiership debut at 29. Despite the late start, the soft-spoken defender has already made his mark at Sekhukhune, playing a key role in their impressive fourth-place finish. In this interview with Soccer Laduma’s Delmain Faver, Langa opens up about his journey, the decisions that shaped his career, overcoming setbacks, and the hunger that still burns as he eyes the next chapter.

- 

From pushing wheelbarrows to pushing for a starting spot in the PSL, Sekhukhune United defender Sikhosonke Langa’s rise to the top is a story of persistence, faith and unexpected detours. Langa’s journey saw him drop out of football temporarily, take up construction work, and bounce around lower league clubs before finally making his Betway Premiership debut at 29. Despite the late start, the soft-spoken defender has already made his mark at Sekhukhune, playing a key role in their impressive fourth-place finish. In this interview with Soccer Laduma’s Delmain Faver, Langa opens up about his journey, the decisions that shaped his career, overcoming setbacks, and the hunger that still burns as he eyes the next chapter.

La Masia played a friendly against Tuks, just before play-offs. And then Mr Tebogo Monyai called me and said, “Regardless of what happens, whether you guys win it or you don’t win it, I’m taking you.” So then after they had been calling, they had been checking up on me, even throughout the play-offs. They were monitoring, they were coming to the games, they were talking to me on calls and stuff like that.

DF: When did Sekhukhune reignite their interest in you?