Radebe returns to his roots to plough back
Since retiring after a stellar career captaining Leeds United, the former Bafana captain has been involved in youth development at schools
Former Bafana Bafana and retired Leeds United captain Lucas Radebe has been keeping a low profile since hanging up his soccer boots, with his last professional soccer activity being at the famed UK club a few years ago before he called it quits. But this does not mean the man whose football exploits here and abroad are legendary is not involved back home. In fact, Radebe appears to be busier than ever, involved in youth development at Gauteng secondary schools. He is also active as a businessman, running his investment company in which he invested money he made as a soccer player — believed to be millions of rand. In an interview that touched on his life as a soccer player, Rhoo, as he is popularly known, spoke about rising to the peak of his career, becoming Bafana Bafana captain before achieving the same position in the UK at Leeds United. Radebe is now also involved in Disney TV as part of a Spanish-language telenovela about a gifted teenager who leaves home for a top football ac...
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