Editing Lucas Radebe (section)

==Post-playing career==
[[File:Lucas Radebe in South Africa.jpg|thumb|upright|Radebe in 2009]]

At the end of the 2005 season, Radebe retired from professional football. Leeds held a testimonial for Radebe at [[Elland Road]] on 2 May 2005 attended by a crowd of over 37,886. Radebe also held a retirement match in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]] between a South African Invitation XI and Lucas Radebe All Stars at [[King Senzangakhona Stadium|Kings Park Soccer Stadium]]. The proceeds from both of these matches were combined with other money raised and donated to charity.

On 28 August 2006, Radebe announced that he was going back to [[Leeds]] after failing to secure a job with the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] hosts to be involved in the set-up of [[Bafana Bafana]]. He said he was "tired of waiting for unreliable people" who had allegedly promised him a role in the national team set up as the [[South African Football Association]] prepared to host the next World Cup in 2010.<ref name="BBC1">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2006 |title=Radebe quits South Africa |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/5293614.stm |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2008, a local Leeds brewery asked for suggestions for a new beer; the most popular suggestion was ''Radebeer'', showing the Leeds fans' admiration of Radebe.<ref name="Radebeer">{{Cite web |date=8 April 2008 |title=Cheers Lucas! |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/11006/cheers-lucas |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=leedsunited.com |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |language=en}}</ref>

On 8 October 2009, The English Football Association announced Radebe as an ambassador to help boost the 2018 World Cup bid.

A biography, ''Lucas: From the Streets of Soweto to Soccer Superstar'' by Richard Coomber was published in 2010.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lucas Radebe: From Soweto to Soccer Superstar: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Coomber: Books |id={{ASIN|1905080735|country=uk}}}}</ref>

In May 2010 he won the [[Professional Footballers' Association|PFA]] Merit Award for his contribution to football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2009 |title=Radebe recognised at PFA awards |url=http://www.kickitout.org/1105.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429172424/http://www.kickitout.org/1105.php |archive-date=29 April 2012 |access-date=4 March 2014 |publisher=Kickitout.org}}</ref>

During the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], Radebe was a pundit for ITV's match coverage and also a columnist for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.

Radebe revealed in September 2010 that he would like to manage [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in the future and also manage the South African national side. He said both jobs were the only coaching jobs that he would consider.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 2010 |title=Leeds only club for me – Radebe |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/9029942.stm}}</ref> In July 2012, it was announced that Radebe had accepted a position as team manager with the South African national side.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 2012 |title=SAFA's master-stroke: Lucas Radebe returns as Bafana team manager |work=Neal Collins |url=http://neal-collins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/safas-master-stroke-lucas-radebe.html}}</ref>

In October 2013, Radebe announced that he was set for another emotional return to the Elland Road ground at Leeds, to be presented to the crowd on Sunday, 30 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2013 |title=Leeds legend Radebe set for emotional return to Elland Road |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-utd/leeds-legend-radebe-set-for-emotional-return-to-elland-road-1-6125881 |access-date=4 March 2014 |website=Yorkshire Post}}</ref>

On 23 January, it was confirmed that [[Boxing|Boxer]] [[Josh Warrington]] would fight IBF world champion [[Lee Selby]] (26–1) in his first world title fight on 19 May at [[Elland Road]] with Radebe joining Warrington for the ringwalk.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 January 2018 |title=Venue for Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington announced |language=en-US |work=Boxing News |url=http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/venue-for-lee-selby-vs-josh-warrington-announced/ |url-status=dead |access-date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142420/http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/venue-for-lee-selby-vs-josh-warrington-announced/ |archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 2018 |title=Date set for Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington |work=Boxing News |url=http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/date-set-for-lee-selby-vs-josh-warrington/ |url-status=dead |access-date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510050906/http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/date-set-for-lee-selby-vs-josh-warrington/ |archive-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> On 19 May, Warrington secured a split-decision victory over Selby to claim the title. With Radebe as part of Warrington's ringwalk and band [[Kaiser Chiefs]] also played songs at the event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BoxRec |url=http://boxrec.com/en/event/762276/2214237 |access-date=30 May 2018 |website=boxrec.com}}</ref>