Amini tries his luck at SuperSport

By The NewsDay | Jan. 18, 2013 | 2 Min read

FC PLATINUM defender Qadr Amini has joined the Great Trek to South Africa after he reportedly left the country last week to try his luck with Absa Premiership side SuperSport United.

FC PLATINUM defender Qadr Amini has joined the Great Trek to South Africa after he reportedly left the country last week to try his luck with Absa Premiership side SuperSport United. REPORT BY HENRY MHARA SPORTS REPORTER

A source yesterday disclosed that the trial stint had been brokered by former Warriors defender Kaitano Tembo, who is the assistant coach at the Pretoria-based club.

“Amini left soon after the holidays together with Kaitano Tembo. He will be at SuperSport for a duration of two weeks,” said the source. Amini becomes a third Zimbabwean player to have tried his luck at SuperSport in two months.

Dynamos’ Patson Jaure and Tichaona Mabvura trained with the Gavin Hunt-coached club in December, but they were both told they were not good enough.

This will not be the first time the former Under-23 national team captain, Amini, has tried his lucky down South.

Last year, he was called for trials by Soweto giants Orlando Pirates, but failed to find the breakthrough.

If Amini passes the test this time around, he will become the first Zimbabwean to play for “Matsatsantsa” in recent years. His departure to South Africa adds to the growing list of local players who continue to be enticed by the power of the rand in the current transfer window.

Denver Mukamba, who was Amini’s teammate in the Young Warriors’ squad in 2011, has already penned a deal with Absa Premiership side Bidvest Wits University.

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