Jerry Sikhosana
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-06-08) 8 June 1969
Place of birth Tembisa, South Africa
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Giant Blackpool
1992–1993 Witbank Aces 43 (7)
1993–1998 Orlando Pirates 107 (42)
1999 Yunnan Hongta 22 (13)
1999–2000 AmaZulu 7 (1)
2000–2001 Orlando Pirates 18 (2)
2001–2002 Tembisa Classic 2 (2)
2002–2003 City Sharks Johannesburg
International career
1996–1998 South Africa 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jerry Sikhosana (born 8 June 1969[2]) is a South African former football player. Playing most of his career at Orlando Pirates, he was an assumed Pirates' fierce rival Kaizer Chiefs fan, and also performed for his team at the Soweto derbies.[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. He was part of the 1995 African Champions League winning team.[7][8]

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.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jerry Sikhosana".
  2. ↑ "Blue Ribbon – Jerry 'Rhee' Sikhosana | Soccer Laduma". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jerry Sikhosana relives last Soweto Derby hat-trick". ESPN FC. 26 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Soweto Derby cup hero: Jerry Sikhosana". Kick Off. 21 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ranking Sikhosana & Orlando Pirates' Greatest Ever Players". Goal. 9 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Orlando Pirates' Jerry Sikhosana: 'I had R45 000 under the pillow'". The South African. 6 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Orlando Pirates 1995 CAF Champions League". Kick Off. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Mothoagae, Keba (8 June 2022). "Jerry Sikhosana turns 53: Celebrating one of South Africa's greatest but most underrated strikers". SportsBrief.com. Naji Media Ltd.
  9. ↑ 1998 FIFA World Cup – South Africa Squad Archived 15 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine


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