Bafana Bafana star Relebohile Mofokeng scored his first goal for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, while defender Olwethu Makhanya made his debut for Rangers FC.
Mofokeng came off the bench to play 30 minutes and found the back of the net in Union Saint-Gilloise’s emphatic 5-1 victory over Westerlo. The appearance marked his league debut for the Belgian side.
Also in Belgium, Shandre Campbell started and played 83 minutes as Kortrijk suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to defending league champions Club Brugge.
In Scotland, Makhanya made his first appearance for Rangers, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Hibernian.
In Germany, Ime Okon featured for 11 minutes as Hannover 96 opened their Bundesliga 2 campaign with a disappointing 3-1 defeat to Cottbus.
In Austria, Yusuf Maart played the full match for Ried, who went down 2-1 to SK Rapid, while fellow South African Jaedin Rhodes featured for 83 minutes.
In the USA, Puso Dithejane played 21 minutes as Chicago Fire secured a 3-1 victory over Santos Laguna in the Leagues Cup. Bongokuhle Hlongwane, meanwhile, played the full match as Minnesota United suffered a 1-0 defeat to Tigres UANL.
Luther Singh played the entire match as Cypriot side AEL Limassol drew 1-1 with Polish club Radiomak in a friendly.
Meanwhile, Luke Le Roux played 60 minutes for Portsmouth in their 3-1 friendly defeat to West Ham.
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