Reyaad Pieterse Explained

Reyaad Pieterse
Height:1.91 m
Birth Date:1992 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Currentclub:Mamelodi Sundowns
Clubnumber:30
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Bidvest Wits
Youthclubs2:Nike Football Academy
Years1:2012
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:2013– 2016
Clubs2:Kaizer Chiefs
Caps2:24
Goals2:0
Years3:2016–2018
Clubs3:Supersport United
Caps3:30
Goals3:0
Years4:2018–
Clubs4:Mamelodi Sundowns
Caps4:12
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:2016–2019
Nationalteam1:South Africa
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:30 June 2024
Nationalteam-Update:7 October 2022

Reyaad Pieterse (born 17 February 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns. He was capped seven times for the South Africa national soccer team.

Club career

Shamrock Rovers

Reyaad played for Bidvest Wits in his native South Africa and was spotted by Shamrock Rovers while playing for the Nike Football Academy in Loughborough. He signed for Stephen Kenny at Rovers in April 2012 and made his senior debut for the Hoops against SD Galway in the League of Ireland Cup on 9 April.[1] A week later he made his home debut at Tallaght Stadium against Derry City in the Setanta Sports Cup. However he was sent off in this semi final clash.[2]

Reyaad made his league debut for Shamrock at Sligo Rovers on 12 May,[3] but that would be his only league appearance of the season as he was kept on the bench by Oscar Jansson. In September he won the Leinster Senior Cup.[4]

He left the Hoops at the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season.

Kaizer Chiefs

In January 2013, Pieterse returned to South Africa to sign for Kaizer Chiefs.[5] He made his debut on 27 November 2013 in a 4-1 win over Polokwane City after coming in for Itumeleng Khune who collected a hamstring niggle.[6] Pieterse had to be substituted during Chiefs’ 2-0 win over AS Vita on 29 March as Chiefs were knocked out of the CAF Champions League after a 3-2 aggregate defeat when Pieterse sustained an injury to his eye after colliding with the post. A statement from their medical team on the club's official website said, "Reyaad had a laceration to his left eyelid after a collision with the upright. It had to be stitched field side, no fracture was found on Reyaad, we have to wait for the swelling to subside so that he can open his eye again,"[7]

Honours

Shamrock Rovers
Kaizer Chiefs
SuperSport United F.C.
Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SD Galway 0:2 Rovers . www.shamrockrovers.ie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002053035/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/74/2591-sd-galway-02-rovers.html . 2013-10-02.
  2. Web site: Rovers 0:3 Derry City . www.shamrockrovers.ie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002053339/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/74/2647-rovers-03-derry-city.html . 2013-10-02.
  3. Web site: Sligo Rovers 3:0 Rovers . www.shamrockrovers.ie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002052717/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/74/2686-sligo-rovers-30-rovers.html . 2013-10-02.
  4. Web site: Rovers 1:0 St Pat's CY . www.shamrockrovers.ie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002053504/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/74/2967-rovers-10-st-patricks-cy.html . 2013-10-02.
  5. Web site: Chiefs announce the signing of goalkeeper Reyaad Pieterse and reveal second signing clue Goal.com.
  6. Web site: Pieterse Reveals Chiefs Debut Jitters.
  7. Web site: Stuart Baxter Will be Hoping for the Best. 31 March 2014.