Percy Tau

He scored the Sundown's one and only goal of the match in the 84th minute as Mamelodi Sundowns fell 3–1.

He came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Domingues as Sundowns lost 1–0.

His 90th-minute goal was the fourth and final goal for Sundowns as they won 4–1 against the Arrows.

Percy Muzi Tau (born 13 May 1994) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the South Africa national team.

Tau began his footballing career with Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns where he made 100 appearances either side of a loan to Witbank Spurs.

During his time with Sundowns, he won the league title twice and the CAF Champions League once and was named Footballer of the Year and joint-top-goalscorer in his final season with the club.

He made his professional debut for the club on 25 February 2014 in the league against Orlando Pirates.

Tau then scored his first professional goal for the club during a Nedbank Cup match on 22 March 2014 against Golden Arrows.

After two seasons and rarely appearing for Mamelodi Sundowns, Tau was released in the 2014–15 season.

On the advice of then-youth coach Rhulani Mokwena, he was loaned to National First Division side Witbank Spurs instead.

He then scored his first goal in international club competition on 5 April 2015 in a CAF Champions League match against TP Mazembe.

He made his debut for the club on 6 February 2016 in a 3–1 win over African Warriors and went on to score 3 goals in 11 appearances during his loan spell.

After a season with Witbank Spurs, Tau rejoined Mamelodi Sundowns and was included in the squad for the club's CAF Champions League campaign.

He featured throughout and played every minute of both legs of a 3–1 aggregate win over Egyptian side Zamalek in the CAF Champions League Final.

The victory was Sundowns' first ever triumph in a continental competition.

He then scored his first goal in the league for the club on 2 November 2016 against Polokwane City.

He scored the first of two goals for the side as they went on to win 2–0.

Tau then made his debut for the side in the FIFA Club World Cup on 11 December 2016 against Kashima Antlers.

Sundowns were knocked-out of the competition after losing to the Japanese side 2–0.

During the fifth-place match, Tau scored the only goal for Sundowns as they fell 4–1 to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea.

During the 2017–18 season, Tau scored 11 goals to help Mamelodi Sundowns to the league title.

His form throughout the season saw him share the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot with Rodney Ramagalela and earned him the Footballer of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards.

As a result of his achievements, Tau was courted by a number of European clubs during the off-season.

Amidst the speculation surrounding his future, he refused to join Sundowns in the pre-season preparations in an attempt to force through a move.

Tau joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018 but, due to work-permit complications, was loaned out to Belgian side Union SG with whom he won the Proximus League Player of the Season award.

On 20 July 2018, Tau signed a four-year contract with English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, for an undisclosed transfer fee, reported to be in the region of R50 million (UK£2.7 million), a South African record sale of a domestic player.

Brighton manager, Chris Hughton, confirmed that Tau would be loaned out shortly after his transfer, after failing a UK work permit, as well as him wanting the South African international to gain European football experience.

On 7 January 2021, he returned to Brighton & Hove Albion, after being recalled from his loan spell at Anderlecht.

On 15 August, Tau joined Belgian second division side Union SG, owned by Brighton chairman Tony Bloom, on a season-long loan.

He was immediately introduced into the first team and played a particularly important role in the Belgian Cup during the first half of the season, scoring four goals in six appearances to help the club reach the semi-finals after recording historic wins over both Anderlecht and Genk.

In April 2019, after scoring six goals and recording seven assist to help Union finish the season in second place, Tau was one of three players nominated for the Player of the Season award, alongside teammate Faïz Selemani.

He ultimately won the award and was named in the league's team of the season.

On 29 July 2019, Tau signed for Belgian side Club Brugge on loan for the 2019–20 season.

He made his debut for the club on 2 August 2019 against Sint-Truiden where he scored in the club's 6–0 home victory.

On 13 August, he was sent off with for a second bookable offence during a 3–3 away draw against Dynamo Kiev in what was only his second career Champions League game.

Brugge went through 4–3 on aggregate.

His form earned him a short-term move to Club Brugge, where he won a league winners' medal the following season, before being loaned out for a third consecutive season when he signed for rivals Anderlecht in 2020.

Tau signed for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly in 2021 on a two-year contract.

He became the highest scoring South African in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2023 when he scored his third goal of the competition.

Born in Burgersfort, Tau began his career with Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League.