Iqraam Rayners had fall to rise

SOMETIMES, it's important to take a step backwards, so that you can take two forward. Just look at how Iqraam Rayners' life has transformed lately.

- MIHLALI BALEKA

When Rayners struggled to cut the mustard at SuperSport United between 2020 2023, that must have been a dark period in his career. No doubt!

He had, after all, left the comfort of his hometown club Stellenbosch where he had scored a club record of 36 goals in 81 appearances hoping for greener pastures.

But instead of making the most of that opportunity, he formed part of an ugly statistic he became one of the Western Cape-born footballers who struggled to live up to the fast life of Gauteng.

So, that must have stung for Rayners as he must have had mixed emotions, likely asking himself whether he'll ever be good enough to make it in the harbour of SA football.

But as fate would have it, his deci-sion to return to Stellies did him a world of good. He was able to re-instropect and work on himself again.

As such, that didn't take him long either. He scored 15 and registered four assists in four months back at Stellies. An impactful contribution compared to his stint at SuperSport.