Njabulo Blom

Njabulo Blom
Personal information
Full name Njabulo Blom[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-11) 11 December 1996
Place of birth Dobsonville, South Africa
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borneo Samarinda
Youth career
–2019 Kaizer Chiefs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Kaizer Chiefs 69 (0)
2023–2025 St. Louis City SC 42 (2)
2024–2025 → Kaizer Chiefs (loan) 18 (0)
2025–2026 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 0 (0)
2026– Borneo Samarinda 0 (0)
International career
2019 South Africa U20 7 (0)
2021–2023 South Africa 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025

Njabulo Blom (born 11 December 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Super League club Borneo Samarinda.[2]

Club career

Born in Dobsonville,[2] Blom started his career at Kaizer Chiefs, and made his debut on 1 October 2019, starting against Lamontville Golden Arrows, before appearing again for the club on 27 October 2019 against Mamelodi Sundowns.[3][4]

On 23 December 2022, Blom joined Major League Soccer side St. Louis City SC ahead of their ahead of their 2023 expansion season.[5]

On 3 September 2024, Blom returned his former club Kaizer Chiefs on loan for the 2024-25 season, with an option to buy.[6]

On 18 July 2025, Blom moved to Vietnam, signing for V.League 1 side Thep Xanh Nam Dinh.[7]

International career

Blom appeared for the South Africa national under-20 soccer team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[2]

He made his debut for the South Africa national soccer team on 6 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ghana, a 1–0 home victory. He substituted Percy Tau in the 77th minute.[8]

Career statistics

As of Sep 23, 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout Continental[a] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kaizer Chiefs 2019–20[9] South African Premier Division 300020—0050
2020–21[9] South African Premier Division 27010001303[b]0440
St. Louis City SC 2023[9] Major League Soccer 231000000—231
Career total 531102013030721
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in MTN 8

Honors

St. Louis City SC

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 – List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Njabulo Blom at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "How Njabulo Blom performed on Kaizer Chiefs debut". Kick Off. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kaizer Chiefs' Njabulo Blom dubs Mamelodi Sundowns and Maritzburg United games best and worst of 2019/20". Kick Off. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "St. Louis CITY sign South African midfielder Njabulo Blom". Major League Soccer. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "St. Louis CITY loan Njabulo Blom to Kaizer Chiefs". Major League Soccer. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nam Định chiêu mộ người 'khổng lồ' quốc tịch Anh cao hơn 2 m và tuyển thủ Nam Phi". Thanh Niên. 18 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "South Africa v Ghana game report". FIFA. 6 September 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 Njabulo Blom at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "St. Louis CITY dominate Sporting KC to set another MLS record". Major League Soccer. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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