PLAYER PROFILE

Thembinkosi Lorch.

Al-Ittihad SC · South Africa

Matrix 36900

At a glance

Full name: Thembinkosi Lorch
Born: 22 Jul 1993
Age today: 33
Nationality: South Africa

Career by season

106 recorded appearances

Thembinkosi Lorch appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
2025	FIFA Club World Cup	Wydad Casablanca	3	3	1	0	264	0
24/25	Carling Knockout	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	1	0	0	1	19	0
24/25	CAF Champions League	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	2	1	1	0	73	0
24/25	Botola Pro Inwi	Wydad Casablanca	6	4	1	0	328	0
23/24	South African FA Cup	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	4	1	3	1	238	0
23/24	Carling Knockout	Orlando Pirates	2	2	0	0	180	0
23/24	CAF Champions League	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	6	3	1	0	307	0
23/24	Betway Premiership	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	10	8	2	2	691	2
23/24	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates	8	7	0	1	620	0
22/23	South African FA Cup	Orlando Pirates	3	2	2	0	255	1
21/22	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates	15	11	1	6	996	0
21/22	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	South Africa	1	1	0	0	62	0
20/21	South African Super Eight Cup	Orlando Pirates	2	1	2	1	147	0
20/21	South African FA Cup	Orlando Pirates	1	1	0	0	68	0
20/21	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates	18	16	1	4	1,315	2
19/20	International Friendly Games	South Africa	1	1	0	1	71	0
19/20	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates	22	19	1	3	1,787	3 / 1 red
19/20	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	South Africa	1	1	0	0	70	0

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Thembinkosi Lorch match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
28 Sep 2019	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates v Cape Town City FC	3 – 3	90
21 Sep 2019	Betway Premiership	Bidvest Wits FC v Orlando Pirates	4 – 3	90
14 Sep 2019	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates v Chippa United	2 – 1	90
28 Aug 2019	Betway Premiership	Orlando Pirates v Lamontville Golden ArrowsSubstitute, on 57′	0 – 0	33
20 Aug 2019	Betway Premiership	AmaZulu FC v Orlando Pirates	0 – 0	90
14 Aug 2019	Betway Premiership	SuperSport United v Orlando PiratesSubstitute, on 46′	3 – 0	44

Career transfers

10 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Thembinkosi Lorch career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
02 Feb 2026	Wydad Casablanca	Al-Ittihad SC	Transfer	€529k
31 Jul 2025	Wydad Casablanca	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	Loan return
31 Jan 2025	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	Wydad Casablanca	Loan	—
26 Jan 2024	Orlando Pirates	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	Transfer	—
22 Jan 2017	Chippa United	Orlando Pirates	Loan return
08 Jul 2016	Orlando Pirates	Chippa United	Loan	—
30 Jun 2016	All Stars FC	Orlando Pirates	Loan return
22 Jul 2015	Orlando Pirates	All Stars FC	Loan	—
01 Jul 2015	Maluti FET College FC	Orlando Pirates	Transfer	—
01 Jul 2013	Unknown club	Maluti FET College FC	Transfer	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.