Rogério Paulo Cesar de Sá (born on 1 October 1964) is a South African

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manager and former player who played as a

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. De Sá is also one of the handful of South Africans who have represented their country in three different sports – soccer,

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and

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Club career

De Sá started his professional career after Kwikot Benoni coach Jingles Pereira, who knew De Sá's father, knew that the goalkeeper was not playing professional football, promptly signing the player. During his career, De Sá played for major South African clubs

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and Mamelodi Sundowns, both of which he captained as well.

International career

De Sá was capped only once in his career during a

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match against

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. He was part of the

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-winning squad.

Coaching career

De Sá began his coaching career in 2001 at

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, and would remain in charge for four years. De Sá rejoined ''The Students'' in June 2007 after an absence of two years which he spent coaching

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. In September 2012, De Sá was appointed as the coach for Orlando Pirates. He was chosen as

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after the 2002–03 season. On 31 January 2014, De Sá resigned as coach of Orlando Pirates. Da Sá was appointed Ajax Cape Town coach in 2014, but stepped down from the position after a winless start to the 2016/17 PSL season. In January 2017, De Sá was announced as

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's manager, but he parted ways with the club in March of the same year. On 8 September 2017, De Sá was named as the head coach of

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after the departure of British coach

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. He also acted as Bafana's goalkeeping coach during Carlos Queiroz's reign and, in September 2021, was recruited by Queiroz to join him as Assistant Coach to the

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. He continued with Queiroz as assistant coach of

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for the

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Honours

Player

;South Africa *

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Coach

;Wits University * Nedbank Cup: 2009–10 ;Orlando Pirates * Nedbank Cup: 2009–10 * Carling Black Label Cup: 2012, 2014 *

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Runner-up:

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;Ajax Cape Town *

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: 2015

References

Sources

* ''Roger De Sa: Man of Action'' : ''DE SA, Roger with LANDHEER, Ernest'' (2003, South Africa Spearhead Press, ) {{DEFAULTSORT:De Sa, Roger 1964 births Living people South African men's basketball players South African soccer players South African soccer managers Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Moroka Swallows F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Mozambican emigrants to South Africa Portuguese expatriates in Mozambique Footballers from Maputo South African people of Portuguese descent White South African people South Africa men's international soccer players Bidvest Wits F.C. players 1996 African Cup of Nations players Orlando Pirates F.C. managers Ajax Cape Town F.C. managers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players