Teko Modise

Teko Modise is the kind of name that carries genuine romance. A former Bafana Bafana captain nicknamed the General, the Navigator and Techno M, he collected not one but three monikers, which tells you he had something magnetic about him. Rising out of Soweto, a place etched with the memory of apartheid, to become the face of his national team is an achievement I deeply admire. Now serving on the staff at Cape Town City, the man who once charted his own path on the pitch has turned to guiding the next generation. Still the Navigator, even in retirement. That is a life well shaped.

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Name (English)

Teko Modise

Name (Japanese)

テコ・モディセ

Reading

てこ・もでぃせ

Born

December 22, 1982 (age 43)

Origin

Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Height

168 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teko%20Modise
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%BB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315706

Tags

• Gauteng
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.