"Ghetto Ninja by Nikolaos Kirkinis is brilliant, compelling, and heart-warming." - Eusebius McKaizer
 
"You can't stop once you've started." - Mathews Mpete
 
"A riveting and deeply moving biography that transcends the boundaries of a typical sports memoir." - Lelo Mzaca
 
 
 
 
Daveyton-born Junior Khanye always dreamt of making it big in
football. Scouted to Kaizer Chiefs at just 17, his dream seemed within reach. With his dribbling and goal scoring prowess, Junior was the darling of the nation. But then his self-destructive behaviour saw him kicked off the team ... Trying to pick himself up, Junior cycled between poverty and prosperity, sometimes getting it right, but often deeply disappointing those who loved him most.

This book, with its wealth of stories from both on and off the
pitch, tells of the making of a soccer sensation. Junior shares his
experience of poverty, the death of his brother, soccer stardom,
alcoholism, the murder of his father, and raising children, with great honesty. Much more than a sports biography, Ghetto Ninja is Junior Khanye’s tragic, yet triumphant story. It is impossible to put down.

‘He crushed his dream only to resurrect himself. What a man, and
what a book!’ Robert Marawa.