John "Shoes" Lesiba Moshoeu was a South African football player who was part of the South African team that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.
19 Facts About John Moshoeu
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John Moshoeu started his career in Diepkloof with an amateur team called Diepkloof Blue Wales and was later recruited to join Giant Blackpool playing in the OK League for R3,000.
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John Moshoeu helped Blackpool reach the 1991 JPS Cup Final, where he ended up on the losing side against Dynamos at Ellis Park Stadium.
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John Moshoeu's stay was short-lived as he left in mid-season having only played 14 games.
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John Moshoeu later signed with FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman and transferred to Turkish club Genclerbirligi after the President Ilhan Cavcav flew to Johannesburg to see him play.
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John Moshoeu went back to Kaizer Chiefs at age 37 where, at his vintage age, he continued to excite his old fans with the same enthusiasm and skill in 2002.
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John Moshoeu assisted in ending Chiefs league title drought that had lasted 11 years.
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John Moshoeu played for AmaZulu until 2008 at the age of 42.
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John Moshoeu holds the record for the oldest goal scorer in the PSL when he scored for AmaZulu against Kaizer Chiefs in 2007 at the age of 41 years, 11 months and 17 days.
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John Moshoeu called time on his career on 11 May 2014 when he resigned from the ABC Motsepe League club after following a fallout with the club's director, Nick Nicolaou.
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John Moshoeu formed a vital part of the team that won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, and was second top scorer with four goals.
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John Moshoeu later said that he broke down in tears when asked for an autograph by a white fan after the game, only two years after South Africa's first racially open elections.
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John Moshoeu was part of the squad that travelled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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John Moshoeu is the oldest player to play in national colours for South Africa.
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John Moshoeu accumulated 73 caps and eight goals in 68 starts.
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John Moshoeu was known as "Shoes" by fans, who paid homage to him and Mark Fish by buying shoes and fish.
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John Moshoeu's first was a Toyota Corolla 1.6 while during his time at Chiefs he owned a silver Porsche Boxster and a red Mini Cooper S Moshoeu never got married and he is the father of four children, two boys, two girls.
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John Moshoeu died on 21 April 2015 at the Morningside Hospital after a long battle with HIV related illnesses.
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John Moshoeu was admitted to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital before his death.