Percy Tau
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Narrated by:
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Tebogo Lekhuleni
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By:
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Jeremy Daniel
About this listen
Percy Tau grew up with seven siblings and a single mom in the mining town of Witbank. For Percy and his family, life is tough, as their mother struggles to make ends meet.
But there is one thing that brings the Tau boys together: soccer. At the Mmagobana Primary School, they quickly make a name for themselves on the soccer team.
Despite the boys’ enthusiasm for the game, Percy’s mom is against him playing soccer. She wants him to get a ‘real job’ - after all, she doesn’t want to see her son struggle in life. But Percy persists and is invited to join the Sundowns Youth Academy.
Here he meets Pitso Mosimane, the Sundowns coach who will teach him all about what it takes to become a professional footballer. In March 2017 Percy’s life changes forever: he is called up to play for Bafana Bafana and is named as the leading goal scorer of the season.
But just when all is going so well...heartbreak: Percy’s brother is killed in a car crash. Old fears from his childhood come rushing back as his mother blames their misfortune on soccer. But, through it all, the family pull together in their support for one another.
Then, one day, a call comes: Percy is offered a position to play for Brighton - one of the biggest deals ever offered a South African footballer. What will the future hold for one of the brightest stars in South African soccer?
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