FELIX THEN, NOW!

MBABANE – From humble begins in the fast developing town of Siphofaneni, Felix Badenhorst arrived in top flight football back in 2007 in the maroon and white colours of Manzini Wanderers.

Then, he was playing as a deep-lying midfielder and everyone could tell from his first touch that the towering player was headed for big things. Legendary Jomo Sono drove from Johannesburg the following year with the aim of signing gangling Mbabane Swallows forward Mfanafuthi ‘Taribo’ Bhembe but Badenhorst caught his eye and he was offered a contract.

The lanky midfielder played for Cosmos in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) in the 2009/10 season but had difficulty with game time. At the end of that season, Mbabane Swallows brought him back to local shores and from there, he has never looked back. He has been instrumental in Swallows’ trophy laden campaigns from that season and they always say, ‘you cannot keep a good man down’- not long he made another mega move, this time to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) giants AS Vita Club.

The conditions, according to the player, were not favourable and chose to return home- again with Swallows where he has won everything local football can offer. Badenhorst is a household name, not only in the country but in the region and was the 2016 COSAFA Cup top scorer with five goals. In the same tournament, a fruitful one under Harries ‘Madze’ Bulunga, he also won two man-of-match awards, helping Sihlangu to third place finish. Now he prepares to spearhead Sihlangu’s attack in this year’s COSAFA Cup.

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