Official: Ex-Pirates Defender Lands New Club

Justice Chabalala has joined Chippa United after being released by Orlando Pirates.

The 30-year-old was on loan at Sekhukhune United last season but only featured in nine matches.

He was one of the players deemed surplus to requirements at Orlando Stadium, bringing an end to a five-year spell at Orlando Stadium that saw him being loaned out in four different campaigns.

He’s only made 20 appearances for the Buccaneers and will now rejoin Chippa United, as confirmed by the player’s agency Rush Hour Sports Management.

RUSH HOUR SPORTS MANAGEMENT client justice chabala,done deal,thank you @ChippaUnitedFC management n chairman Chippa mpengesi for giving us opportunity @orlandopirates chairman DR Irvin Khoza thank you for giving us your blessings,mpumi,nkosana thank you for being there for him pic.twitter.com/7pT0OPSMQC

— Ratshibvumo Mulovhedzi (@Mulovhedzirush1) July 15, 2022

Chabalala has vast DStv Premiership experience and will become one Daine Klate’s first signings since he took over Chippa United.

iDiski Times has also confirmed that the club have also signed Matome Mathiane, the former Golden Arrows captain, and he and Chabalala could form a strong central defensive partnership for the rookie coach. The experienced Mathiane spent the last decade at Arrows.

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