Siphiwe Tshabalala may not have had a wonderful season with Kaizer Chiefs but he was clearly one of the players that made the difference at Naturena this past season.

At the Absa Premiership 2016/2017 Awards ceremony he took home the goal of the season award. Two of the goals he scored during the season were nominated and he was smiling on stage with the award.

“I am grateful to win the award. It is yet another award on the long and fulfilling journey I have taken with football. It is a wonderful feeling to be able to point at something at the end of what was not a ceremonial season,” Shabba said.

As for the forgettable season Chiefs had with not lifting any silverware Shabba feels the work for the upcoming season needs to start now.

“We are already back at training and I think this is the time to start giving it 100%. We have to be positive and build towards a season we can make satisfactory. It is up to us and the rest will fall in place as we fight ahead.

So I am looking forward to next season already,” concluded a positive sounding Tshabalala