Buckley (left) is a key figure for South Africa (Allsport)
DELRON BUCKLEY
Position: Midfield
Born: 07.12.77
Club: VfL Bochum
One of a select band of players to have represented South Africa from the Under-17 level upwards, this highly-talented Bochum winger adds some real class to the team.
The former Butcherville Rovers man played for the Under-23 side at only 19, by which stage he had already moved to the German side.
However, he was involved in a four-month club-versus-country row when he made himself unavailable for selection, instead opting to plough ahead and make his mark in the German Bundesliga.
Both sides eventually came to an agreement and the pacy wide man is now firmly back in the international fold.
Sadly Bochum are no longer in the German top-flight and he has been linked with a £3million move to Bayer Leverkusen.
But he is a regular in the Bafana Bafana team and should be one of South Africa's most dangerous threats in the finals.
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