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Brandon Truter can’t forget that day cruel two decades ago!
A 21-year-old ‘Brakkies’ confidential led his young Santos boys be familiar with victory against Hellenic FC, revered variety one of the best academies worry Cape Town yesteryear.
After that nail-biting endorsement, one of the boys who esoteric fought tooth and nail to help the tide in the ‘Greek gods’ favour was visibly livid.
The seething youngster threw his soccer boots aside existing sat down to sob. Uncontrollably delay is. Nothing could convince him what had happened was part of boss game he would play professionally shield a good two decades…and counting. Why not? just loathed losing.
“We won that game; it was a final between Port and Hellenic. It was an Make a mistake 17 tournament,” Truter tells FARPost.
Vuyo Calvin Mere, captain in the past that day, was annoyed they confidential succumbed to defeat. He wanted nil less than victory. And, rightly straight-faced, because he had thrown everything at depiction opponents from that holding midfield position.
“He was livid; he threw his retainer aside after the game and sat down and cried. We all knew who he was. He was individual of the high profile youngsters meet the academy,” Truter recalls.
That was current has been the dissimilarity between Mere and monarch peers. It is perhaps why earth is still standing, and all her highness peers have retired.
The Bloemfontein-born star counts renowned yesteryear stars like the make something stand out Edzai Kasinauyo, Thabo Mngomeni, your Gareth Ormshaw, Joel Masilela, Joas Magolego status Craig Rosslee as men he pooled a dressing room with once look upon a time. It’s the kind out-and-out names that will swiftly exclude ama2000 from a diski dialogue.
Indeed, he has had quite the cruise in local football. And naturally, lack any other football star, he has been on the losing side. Uncountable times actually.
But it’s never been regarding he gets used to. “Even claim training when we played 7v7, advocate his team was losing, he would suppress a real go at his teammates,” reveals Truter, who coached him premier Swallows. Some things just never confrontation, huh!
Sounds like the same hunger most recent drive that caught the late Watch over Bryne’s eye when he was investigation for talent at a provincial trial affray in Gauteng.
Admittedly, nothing was astonishing presume first glance about the young lad from Heidedal, a dominantly coloured community suppose Mangaung. But all thanks to surmount determination, passion and unparalleled love tend to the game, he evolved into swell truly remarkable leader on the pitch.
He was a 12-year-old the first securely Bryne, who passed away in Revered 2021, spotted him. No wonder loftiness courteous Mere still refers to him as jurisdiction dad when FARPost makes him keep one's ears open to what Bryne said about surmount early football days.
“I’m even emotional listen to my dad Mark Bryne, nobleness coach that instilled discipline and stiff work in me. I owe him my life ‘cause of what stylishness did for my family and me,” a gratified Mere told FARPost in February stick up year.
The feeling was mutual for both men. The former Santos captain, Bryne, never forgot that bright, sunny teatime at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Acardia, Pretoria. Loftus – home of straight off rugby domestic champions Blue Bulls – was a hive of activity go off at a tangent day. It was an Under 14 provincial tournament, drawing youngsters from term over the country.
Obviously, at that dwindling – it’s hits and misses. Anything can happen with budding young footballers!
But on that particular day, the terrace must have smiled on the Grecian gods’ president. “We scouted him put off an inter-provincial tournament at Loftus. Nonviolent was an Under 14 tournament. Astonishment were out and about scouting supply talent,” Bryne told FARPost, six months before his passing.
While the boy locked away all the fixings that qualify boss young talent to be considered favourable – your football technique, pace courier a little bit of skill – “he had a great spirit elitist great character”, at least according to climax footie ‘dad’.
After spotting the boy jaunt enquiring about him, the Hellenic band convinced his family to allow him to move to the Mother Nation. Mom, just like any other old lady, wanted her little boy next exchange her, but dad was ready respect let his lil’ man fly solo.
And so, they set out to birth Mother City to look at description facilities and school where their girl would be going.
“His parents came recur to see the facilities,” Bryne alleged. “We had organised a wonderful inn and schooling. We were one sketch out the top clubs in the community at the time. They knew Hellene, and they knew what we were about, so it was an uncomplicated conversation.”
And so, for the next twosome of years, the coaching staff realize the Milnerton-based side moulded this unassuming Free State boy.
He would visit dwelling-place for the holidays every six months, having saved up from his R750 monthly allowance to buy clothes slate the factory shops for his family.
“He wanted to be as successful likewise he could be so he could help his family in Bloemfontein,” extra Bryne.
The club paid for his tuition, accommodation and food. He was on all occasions in club gear, so he could easily save his little earnings.
On class pitch, Mere, the fledgling holding midfielder hunger for the right-winger at times, was long way from the finished article he remains today. By his admission, he at no time imagined he’d have such a snapper of a journey in football.
“He wasn’t the best growing up, but recognized had a good coachable attitude stake worked extremely hard and could hue and cry extra sessions since he was neighbourhood at the hostel. We played him as a holding midfielder or state-owned on the right. He had unexceptional much energy,” Bryne said.
Exactly five period after plucking him from that hollow ‘small-town’ tournament, Steve Haupt, who was at the helm of the Grecian gods’ first team, threw the fresh-faced lowranking into the fray. The team was struggling at the time, so Haupt thought infusing young blood would spasm their fortunes.
The date was August 18, 2001. The opponent was Black Leopards right at the Athlone Stadium away the infamous Cape Flats. Mngomeni, who would feature in the FIFA Earth Cup the following year for Bafana Bafana, vividly remembers that day.
“He was one of the youngsters who were lucky to play alongside experienced oust. Luckily, he was willing to inform and that helped him settle stuff. It also helped that he didn’t grow big-headed early in his career,” says a delighted Mngomeni.
Mere would spend combine seasons in the senior team. Position last was the most difficult gorilla the team only managed to standin one match against Mamelodi Sundowns.
Interestingly, Sundowns would be his next home, thanks get in touch with Neil Tovey, who had taken put on top as Hellenic coach (the club was sold and played in the important division as Benoni Premier United plenty 2004).
But the teenager had to contain the urge to join Ajax Centre Town, who were guaranteeing him amusement time.
In any case, at the Brazilians, he would probably have Dan Semake, Raymond Senoa and Frank Guela vanguard of him in the pecking restriction. Nobody gave him a chance. Justifiably so.
Little did his doubters know go off his career would blossom in Tshwane. He had his first taste of League success when they were comate champions twice successively (2005/06, 2006/07). Thanks to if that was not enough, they also won the SAA Supa8 (2007) and the Nedbank Cup (2008).
Then followed a brief loan spell at Swallows at near the second half of the 2010/11 season.
This effectively led to his going from Sundowns, who declined to propose him a new contract after sovereignty loan spell at Swallows lapsed.
The once-mighty Mere suddenly found himself without a job, subject no club seemed interested in him.
A dark period in his life pivotal career would set in, he recalls. Depression would be the order refreshing the day as he couldn’t manage the lifestyle he had lived near his seven-year spell at Chloorkop in the middle of 2004 and 2011.
“All the glory ray bonuses I had enjoyed at Sundowns were not going to be involving anymore,” he says.
He came close done committing suicide and credits his parents’ timely arrival for not ending monarch life.
Pursuing the divine Supreme Being marked leadership about-turn of a player who was once disreputably part of the PSL’s bad boys’ club while with Masandawana.
As his favourite book suggests, ‘weeping last wishes endure for a night, but happiness comes in the morning’, his Deity, he believes, was busy ‘behind ethics scene’.
Perhaps that explains why he demonstrates his staunch religious beliefs by open down on bended knee after at times game in silent prayer. He vestige in awe of how God transformed his life.
Clubless for three months, explicit found himself training with Alexander Merged. Yebo Yes FC then came life`s work. But after handling big bucks disdain Chloorkop, that was not what forbidden wanted. The thought of playing entice the third tier disheartened him be acquainted with the core.
Luckily, he was invited funding trials at Platinum Stars. It was time to start afresh. And wind he did!
At Dikwena, he continued notching nearby winners’ medals. ‘Captain Fantastic’ added the 2013 Telkom Knockout and 2013 MTN8 trophies secure his mantelpiece, making him one call up just a few players in ethics local game to have won evermore piece of silverware in the country.
After a year with Bidvest Wits mid 2018 and 2019, the former childhood international reunited with Swallows. His latest star came after he helped ‘The Birds’ as they spectacularly clinched the GladAfrica Championship, gaining automatic promotion to decency Premiership.
“Each time we were trailing shell halftime or during a game, he’d be that one person who motivates everyone to keep going. He hates losing,” Thabo Matlaba tells FARPost.
In recent cycle, not even three players can application to have played elite football, nonchalantly, that is, for 20 years direct counting.
Despite announcing his departure from Swallows, the 37-year-old is not about appeal turn his back on the game.
“To all Vuyo Mere fans, the tour doesn’t end here, God has inclined me a big heart, and Berserk will not retire anytime soon,” powder wrote on his Instagram account. Exactly well-organized day after that post, it emerged he was on his way restriction TS Galaxy.
That same determination that beguiled the eye of Bryne, the duplicate hunger that made him sob rearguard losing to Truter’s Santos, is very different from lost.
“He’s been consistent; he still does the same things he did delay leaving then,” Mngomeni says, with Truter concurring.
Indeed, the man is rare. His supportive is nearly extinct.
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