Andre Leander Arendse (born 27 June 1967) is a South African former

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player who played as a

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. He now works as an assistant and goalkeeper coach for

Supersport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

and has also been a co-presenter with SuperSport.

Playing career

Club career

Arendse made his debut in 1991 for

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in the now defunct NSL, being loaned to

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side Santos in 1992. He later played professionally for

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(both England), Santos,

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football l ...

and

SuperSport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

. He retired from football in 2009 winning the

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title with SuperSport United. In May 2013, Arendse returned as an emergency goalkeeper for

Bidvest Wits Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system. ...

due to injuries to the club's goalkeepers Steven Hoffman, Jackson Mabokgwane, Emile Baron and

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. This made him the oldest player in PSL history surpassing the previous record set by

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International career

He represented

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67 times having made his debut in 1995. He was initially in the

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squad, but had to pull out due to injury. His replacement Paul Evans also withdrew through injury and was replaced by

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. He was South Africa's first-choice goalkeeper at the

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, and retired from international football in 2004. He was also the starting goalkeeper for the South Africa team that won the

1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, s ...

References

External links

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BBC Sport
article about the 2002 World Cup {{DEFAULTSORT:Arendse, Andre 1967 births Living people Soccer players from Cape Town South African soccer players Cape Coloureds South Africa men's international soccer players South African expatriate soccer players Fulham F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players SuperSport United F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football goalkeepers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Expatriate footballers in England Bidvest Wits F.C. players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players