Andre Arendse
In 1995, Andre Arendse helped his club (Cape Town Spurs) achieve the National Soccer League title as well as the Bob Save Superbowl Cup.
In 1996, Andre Arendse won the African Cup of Nations title playing forSouth Africa. He holds the South African record for going 8 games in a row (+- 600 minutes) without conceding a goal for Bafana Bafana between 1996 and 1997, a record that still stands and unofficially second in the world behind the former Italian great goalkeeper, Dino Zoff.
In 1997, Andre Arendse was selected to represent the continent of Africa, where an African team played an exhibition match against a European team. Later in 1997, Andre Arendse was selected by a FIFA panel to play in the FIFA allstars team against an Asian select team in Hong Kong. This particular game was played in honor of the hand over of Hong Kong which was still under British rule at the time. Upon leaving Hong Kong, Andre was requested to travel directly toEngland, where he joined Fulham Football Club inLondon.
In 1998, Andre Arendse was selected to represent Bafana Bafana in the coveted World Cup inFrance. His dream was never-the-less shattered, when he ruptured a cartiledge in his knee thus forcing him to have an operation and withdraw from the Bafana team. All this occuring 1 day before the opening game against the host nation,France.
In 2000, Andre Arendse helped Bafana Bafana finish in third place in the African Cup of Nations which was jointly staged byGhana andNigeria. In 2002, his dream was finally realised, when he was selected to don the number 1 goalkeeper's jersey for Bafana Bafana in the World Cup which was hosted jointly byJapan andKorea.
Later in 2002, Andre Arendse captained Bafana Bafana to Cosafa Cup victory, thereby being crowned champions ofSouthern Africa.
At the end of the 2002/2003 PSL season, Andre Arendse received the honor of being named PSL player of the year after winning the league title with Santos FC. Andre is currently Supersport television guest presenter / analyst.
In 1995, Andre Arendse helped his club (Cape Town Spurs) achieve the National Soccer League title as well as the Bob Save Superbowl Cup.
In 1996, Andre Arendse won the African Cup of Nations title playing forSouth Africa. He holds the South African record for going 8 games in a row (+- 600 minutes) without conceding a goal for Bafana Bafana between 1996 and 1997, a record that still stands and unofficially second in the world behind the former Italian great goalkeeper, Dino Zoff.
In 1997, Andre Arendse was selected to represent the continent of Africa, where an African team played an exhibition match against a European team. Later in 1997, Andre Arendse was selected by a FIFA panel to play in the FIFA allstars team against an Asian select team in Hong Kong. This particular game was played in honor of the hand over of Hong Kong which was still under British rule at the time. Upon leaving Hong Kong, Andre was requested to travel directly toEngland, where he joined Fulham Football Club inLondon.
In 1998, Andre Arendse was selected to represent Bafana Bafana in the coveted World Cup inFrance. His dream was never-the-less shattered, when he ruptured a cartiledge in his knee thus forcing him to have an operation and withdraw from the Bafana team. All this occuring 1 day before the opening game against the host nation,France.
In 2000, Andre Arendse helped Bafana Bafana finish in third place in the African Cup of Nations which was jointly staged byGhana andNigeria. In 2002, his dream was finally realised, when he was selected to don the number 1 goalkeeper's jersey for Bafana Bafana in the World Cup which was hosted jointly byJapan andKorea.
Later in 2002, Andre Arendse captained Bafana Bafana to Cosafa Cup victory, thereby being crowned champions ofSouthern Africa.
At the end of the 2002/2003 PSL season, Andre Arendse received the honor of being named PSL player of the year after winning the league title with Santos FC. Andre is currently Supersport television guest presenter / analyst.
