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Arnold Matshazi Season 2026-27

#7
PositionF
Weight174 lbs
Height5-10
ClassSophomore
HometownMilton Keynes, England
ClubAFC Dunstable

2025 (at SJSU): 

  • Named First Team All-WAC, WAC All-Tournament Team and First Team All-Far West Region
  • Ranked No. 54 on Top Drawer Soccer's Postseason Top-100 Players in 2025
  • Led the Spartans with 12 goals on the season
  • None of his goals were penalties
  • His 12 goals was second in the WAC and tied for 15th most in the nation
  • First Spartan since 2003 to record 12 goals in a season
  • First Spartan since 1996 to record double-digit goals in their first season of action
  • Started in all 20 appearances
  • Six of his 12 goals were game-winners, tied for the fourth most in the nation
  • Scored a goal in his first three collegiate matches
  • Headed in the game-winning goal with less than 10 seconds remaining against Saint Mary's (8/24)
  • Scored a brace against No. 3 Stanford (9/17) 
  • Named WAC Offensive Player of the Week after he curled in the game-winning goal in a comeback win over UC Davis (9/24)
  • Scored a goal in four matches in a row from 10/26-11/12
  • Recorded a goal and his first career-assist against San Diego State in the opening round of the WAC Tournament (11/9)
  • Scored the game-winning goal in overtime in the WAC Tournament Semifinals against Cal Baptist to send the Spartans to the WAC Championship (11/12)
  • Logged 1540 minutes 

2024 (at SJSU):

  • Did not make an appearance for SJSU
  • Named to the USL League Two Western Conference Team of the Year, competing with Almaden FC

PRIOR TO SJSU:

  • Started his playing career at MK Dons in League Two
  • Joined the Wycombe Wanderers in 2022 in England's League One
  • Played for Hitchin Town of the Southern Football League in 2023, making 16 appearences and scoring three goals
  • Join AFC Dunstable in 2024, socring 13 goals in 16 appearences, leading his team