Following his move to Kaizer Chiefs, Cele's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→6), while his Rating eased 21→1. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 14).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kaizer Chiefs · 3rd	15	0	7.06	1	6
2024/25	Kaizer Chiefs	26	1	7.04	—	—
2024/25	Fakel · 16th	14	0	6.78	21	5
2023/24	Fakel · 11th	23	0	6.55	23	2
2022/23	Radomiak Radom · 10th	26	1	7.04	32	14
2021/22	Radomiak Radom · 7th	13	0	6.73	32	5

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

South Africa · international

Side	Apps	G
South Africa	30	0
South Africa U23	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

T. Cele is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Kaizer Chiefs, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 15 appearances, a Season grade of 6, top 86% of Premier Soccer League central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 1, ranking 177th of 295 in the Premier Soccer League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member (33.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.38 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cele.

Judged on this season alone, Cele graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 49 of the 49 central midfielders in the Premier Soccer League, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.377 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 1, 34th of 49 of the 49 central midfielders in the Premier Soccer League. At 29 Cele is in his prime years, and a market index of 0 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/224 clubs

Current potential34th of 49 central midfielders · Premier Soccer League Current season42nd of 49 central midfielders · Premier Soccer League42nd-best central midfielder in the Premier Soccer League177th in the Premier Soccer League · potential34th-highest potential central midfielder in the Premier Soccer League

Ratingi

34th of 49 central midfielders

5.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.6%

Minutes

limited game time

3.38

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kaizer Chiefs finished 3rd of 16 · an upper-table side

3.38

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 16) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 1, Cele carries the 34th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier Soccer League of 49. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.6%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.377

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %87.5

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 903.377

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 17–37 (~0), then tapers with age. At 29, Cele sits on 0, at or near its peak. The blue line is Cele's projected Rating — 1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.