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Jerry Sikhosana
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-06-08) 8 June 1969 (age 55)
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, including a hat-trick in the 1996 Bob Save Superbowl semifinal, a game known as the Jerry Sikhosana derby.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]

References

^ "Jerry Sikhosana".
^ "Blue Ribbon – Jerry 'Rhee' Sikhosana | Soccer Laduma". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
^ "Five of the best Soweto Derbies of the past". IOL. 6 March 2024.
^ "Jerry Sikhosana relives last Soweto Derby hat-trick". ESPN FC. 26 October 2018.
^ "Soweto Derby cup hero: Jerry Sikhosana". Kick Off. 21 November 2018.
^ "Ranking Sikhosana & Orlando Pirates' Greatest Ever Players". Goal. 9 August 2022.
^ "Orlando Pirates' Jerry Sikhosana: 'I had R45 000 under the pillow'". The South African. 6 June 2022.
^ "Orlando Pirates 1995 CAF Champions League". Kick Off. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ 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.
^ 1998 FIFA World Cup – South Africa Squad Archived 15 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Jerry Sikhosana at National-Football-Teams.com
Legends Corner: Jerry Sikhosana's double life as fan and player

v t e South Africa squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Vonk 2 Mnguni 3 Nyathi 4 Jackson 5 Fish 6 Masinga 7 Fortune 8 Phiri 9 Bartlett 10 Moshoeu 11 Mkhalele 12 Augustine 13 Buckley 14 Sikhosana 15 Khumalo 16 Baloyi 17 McCarthy 18 Morula 19 Radebe (c) 20 Mokoena 21 Issa 23 Gopane Coach: Troussier

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