Itumeleng Khune signs one-year deal for swansong season at Kaizer Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs have announced that their longest-serving player and club captain, Itumeleng Khune, has signed a new one-year contract.

This agreement will allow Khune, 36, to continue playing for Amakhosi for one final season, extending his illustrious professional career to an impressive 20 years.

He will now don the famous gold and black as a member of the Chiefs' first team for a remarkable 20th season, setting a new record for the club.

Khune initially joined the Chiefs' development structures as a striker, but he soon switched to the position of goalkeeper and honed his skills for five years before shifting into the senior team in 2005 as the club's third-choice shot stopper. 

"Spiderkid", as he is affectionately known, made his senior debut for Chiefs in August 2007 at the tender age of 20 during a match against Jomo Cosmos. 

"While Khune will be involved in training and preparations for matches as a player, he will also use this year to broaden his technical acumen, as he transitions into a new coaching and ambassadorial role working with the marketing division at the club," Amakhosi revealed in a statement on Friday.

"The Ventersdorp-born goalkeeper holds the record for featuring in the most number of successive seasons as a Kaizer Chiefs player in the PSL era (16) since his introduction in 2007 and will boost his coaching aspirations working under the returning Rainer Dinkelacker, as well as coaches Aubrey Mathibe and Rory Minnaar in the goalkeeping department." 

Player Updates!Khune Pens His Final Chiefs Contract as PlayerKaizer Chiefs’ longest serving player and Club captain, Itumeleng Khune, has been handed a new contract which will see him play for Amakhosi for one final season, taking his professional career to two