Steven Pienaar
Appearance
Pienaar warming-up for Everton in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Jerome Pienaar[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 March 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sharjah FC (youth) | ||
Youth career | |||
West Ham Westbury | |||
Westbury Arsenal | |||
School of Excellence | |||
Ajax Cape Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Ajax Cape Town | 24 | (6) |
2001–2006 | Ajax | 94 | (15) |
2006–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Everton (loan) | 28 | (2) |
2008–2011 | Everton | 76 | (7) |
2011–2012 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | (0) |
2012 | → Everton (loan) | 14 | (4) |
2012–2016 | Everton | 71 | (7) |
2016–2017 | Sunderland | 15 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Bidvest Wits | 4 | (0) |
Total | 361 | (41) | |
National team | |||
1999–2000 | South Africa U17[3] | 1 | (0) |
2002–2012 | South Africa | 61 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2019–2020 | SV Robinhood (assistant) | ||
2020–2024 | Ajax (youth) | ||
2024– | Sharjah (youth) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Steven Pienaar (born 17 March 1982) is a South African football player. He played for Everton and South Africa national team.
Career statistics
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[change | change source]Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ajax Cape Town | 1999–2000 | Premier Soccer League | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 5 | ||
2000–01 | Premier Soccer League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
Total | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 6 | ||||
Ajax | 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
2002–03 | Eredivisie | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | ||
2003–04 | Eredivisie | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
2004–05 | Eredivisie | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | ||
2005–06 | Eredivisie | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
Total | 94 | 15 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 18 | |||
Borussia Dortmund | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||
Everton (loan) | 2007–08 | Premier League | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 40 | 2 | |
Everton | 2008–09 | Premier League | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | |
2009–10 | Premier League | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | – | 38 | 7 | ||
2010–11 | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 104 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | – | 133 | 12 | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2010–11 | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
2011–12 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | ||
Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
Everton (loan) | 2011–12 | Premier League | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||||
Everton | 2012–13 | Premier League | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 40 | 7 | |
2013–14 | Premier League | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 85 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 96 | 12 | |||
Sunderland | 2016–17 | Premier League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
Career total | 357 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 447 | 49 |
International career statistics
[change | change source]South Africa national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2002 | 1 | 0 |
2003 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | 6 | 1 |
2005 | 8 | 1 |
2006 | 4 | 0 |
2007 | 7 | 0 |
2008 | 7 | 0 |
2009 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 46 | 2 |
Honours
[change | change source]Ajax[6]
Everton
Individual
- Ajax CT Young Player of the Season: 2000[7]
- Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2002–03[8]
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2005–06[9]
- SAFA Player of the Year: 2009[10]
- Everton Player of the Season: 2009–10[11]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Steven Pienaar". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ↑ "Soccer juniors leave Botswana reeling". iol.co.za. 27 November 1999. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ↑ "S. PIENAAR". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Pienaar". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Pienaar announces retirement from football". Sport24. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ Kleintjies, Lennie (20 May 2000). "Marlin and Moyo voted best footballers". iol.co.za. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ "In de voetsporen van Pienaar (in Dutch)". Ajax.nl. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "UEFA Champions League 2005/06 - History - Statistics – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "SAFA Awards". vuvuzelasouthafrica.co.za. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ↑ "South Africa's Steven Pienaar wins Everton award". BBC Sport. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.