Former Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns star forward Khama Billiat has revealed the club that shaped his career before rising to stardom.
Billiat had a stellar career in the Betway Premiership where he joined Ajax Cape Town [now Cape Town Spurs] in July 2010.
After three years, he signed for Mamelodi Sundowns, where he won big, then under coach Pitso Mosimane. The 33-year-old was part of a trailblazing crop that had stars, Percy Tau and Keagan Dolly at the Tshwane giants.
Together, they helped Sundowns win seven trophies that include three league titles, a CAF Champions League and a CAF Super Cup title. They also accounted for Telkom Knockout Cup and the Nedbank Cup titles between 2013 and 2018.
In addition, his time at Sundowns was not short of individual accolades as he won the 2016 PSL Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season.
The Zimbabwean crossed floors to join Kaizer Chiefs in 2018 but he failed to live upto his biling at the Naturena.
BILLIAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO CAPS UNITED OF ZIMBABWE
As he reflects on how his career turned out to be a roller coaster, Billiat revealed how Caps United helped him turn a corner in his playing career at a time when he had thrown in the towel.
Before joining Ajax Cape Town, Billiat spent some time at Caps United after leaving Aces Youth Soccer Academy in 2008.
“Things were tight, and I had to do that. I had sort of surrendered the game altogether. So, I was learning other things, and that’s what I did,” Billiat told The Sunday Mail.
“I then joined CAPS United when I made my way back. This is the club that made me who I am. I have so much respect for CAPS United and their coach, Lloyd Chitembwe
“The club, its president Farai Jere and coach Chitembwe shaped me. This is the club that I will always mention as a big part of me. They showed me the way.
“Imagine, I was into the ghetto hustle that I have mentioned, but they believed in me. Let me also say that what I experienced during the time I had walked out of football helped mould me into a focused human being.
“Imagine, I was doing that [burning music] for the first time, yet all I had known in my life was playing football. In a way, that exposed me to have a look at the other side of life and it really shaped me.”
Billiat is currently playing for Yadah FC in Zimbabwe’s Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. So far, he has scored nine goals in 23 league matches.
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