Former South African youth international and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder, Pule Maraisane has surfaced elsewhere, after a period in the football wilderness.
Maraisane's career has been filled with drama, since making the switch to the professional ranks.
The Stars Of Africa graduate spent much of his youth football playing abroad, his last club being Cerkezköy 1911 in Turkey and while abroad, had been linked to both Cape Town City and Pirates.
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He made just one appearance for Sundowns in the 2022/23 season under Rulani Mokwena, before switching to Marumo Gallants, where he hardly featured, before being released.
The latest in the Maraisane saga is that he has surfaced at Orlando Pirates' Five-a-side team, where he has been looking to regain his fitness.
Many will remember that the 29-year-old made a return to Mzansi's shores at the end of 2018 for what appeared to be a dream move, signing for the Buccaneers, with the player confirming a three-year deal with Pirates at the time. The player trained with Bucs briefly on the team's return for pre-season, although he was left behind for training camps in Rustenburg, in the North West, and in Cape Town respectively during the final preparations for the season.
Pirates neither officially confirmed his signing nor allocated him a jersey number, although during the Carling Black Label Cup Soweto Derby match against Kaizer Chiefs, images of Maraisane amongst Bucs players and in club's colours emerged online.
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