Rowan Hendricks (born 15 November 1979) is a South African former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
On 20 February 2003,
FC Rostov
FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the 20 ...
announced the signing of Hendricks and fellow South African
Japhet Zwane
Japhet Phumlani Zwane (born 10 January 1974) is a South African former footballer who played as a left winger.
Career Club
On 20 February 2003, Rostselmash
Rostselmash (russian: Ростсельмаш) is a Russian agricultural equipment com ...
.
In January 2005, Hendricks went on trial with
Allsvenskan
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club
Djurgården
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during their training camp in South Africa.
In January 2009, Hendricks signed for
Ikapa Sporting
Ikapa Sporting is a football (soccer) club based in Cape Town, South Africa.
History
The club was formed in 2007 after purchasing the status of Fidentia Rangers. The home venue of the club was Erica Park until May 2010, followed by a season whe ...
.
International career
Hendricks earned his first call up to the
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
team in April 2004, being one of two uncapped players, along with
Mark Arber, in
Stuart Baxter
Stuart William Baxter (born 16 August 1953) is a British football manager and former player who most recently managed South African Premier Soccer League side Kaizer Chiefs.
Born in England of Scottish parentage, and brought up in both countr ...
's 21-man squad.
Coaching career
After retiring from professional football, Hendricks became a coach at
Ajax Cape Town
Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and m ...
.
He is the current assistant coach of
Venda Football Academy in the
National First Division
The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club association football, football after the South African Premier Division. Both t ...
2021-
Career statistics
Club
International
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
South African men's soccer players
South Africa men's international soccer players
South African expatriate men's soccer players
Russian Premier League players
Bundesliga players
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Eintracht Frankfurt II players
FC Rostov players
SuperSport United F.C. players
Ikapa Sporting F.C. players
FC AK players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Men's association football midfielders
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