Jerry Sikhosana
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Jerry Sikhosana (born 8 June 1969[1]) is a South African former soccer player.
Club career
Playing most of his career at Orlando Pirates, he was an assumed fan of Pirates' fierce rival Kaizer Chiefs, and also performed for his team at the Soweto derbies, including a hat-trick in the 1996 Bob Save Superbowl semifinal, a game known as the Jerry Sikhosana derby.[2][3][4][5][6] He was nicknamed "Legs of Thunder" after a champion racehorse that was a character on a South African TV series, and has earned legendary status at Orlando Pirates as a formidable goal poacher in the 1990s.[7]
He also scored to help Pirates to victory in the replayed final of the 1996 BP Top 8.[8]
He was part of the 1995 African Champions League winning team.[9][10]
International career
He played for South Africa national soccer team and was part of the squad that travelled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[11]
References
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- ↑ https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/soccer/2023-09-04-i-never-had-mercy-jerry-sikhosana/
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External links
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- Legends Corner: Jerry Sikhosana's double life as fan and player
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Tembisa
- South African men's soccer players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Giant Blackpool players
- Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players
- Orlando Pirates F.C. players
- AmaZulu F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Yunnan Hongta F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- Soccer players from Gauteng
- CAF Champions League–winning players
- 20th-century South African sportsmen