Andre Arendse

Andre Arendse
Personal information
Full name Andre Leander Arendse
Date of birth (1967-06-27) 27 June 1967
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vasco Da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 Cape Town Spurs 187 (0)
1992 → Santos (loan) 38 (0)
1998–2000 Fulham 12 (0)
2000 Oxford United 11 (0)
2000–2003 Santos 101 (0)
2003–2005 Mamelodi Sundowns 45 (0)
2005–2009 SuperSport United 40 (0)
2013 Bidvest Wits 2 (0)
Total 436 (0)
International career‡
1995–2004 South Africa 67 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2024 SuperSport United (assistant)
2024–2025 Siwelele (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2013

Andre Leander Arendse (born 27 June 1967) is a former South African soccer player. He has also worked as a co-presenter at SuperSport.

Arendse played as a goalkeeper for teams in South Africa and England. He retired from football in 2009, but returned in 2013 as an emergency goalkeeper for Bidvest Wits. This made him the oldest player in Premier Soccer League history, breaking the previous record set by Bruce Grobbelaar.[1]

He was capped 67 times for South Africa, and played for them at four African Cup of Nations, the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was supposed to play for South Africa at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but had to withdraw from the team due to injury.

He later worked as an assistant manager for SuperSport United, and later Siwelele, until September 2025.[2] He had previously been the interim coach of Supersport United in April 2022, but the club hired Gavin Hunt instead.[3]

Honours

Cape Town Spurs
  • National Soccer League: 1995
  • Bob Save Superbowl: 1995
Fulham
Santos
  • Bob Save Superbowl/ABSA Cup: 2001, 2003
  • South African Premiership: 2001–02
  • BP Top 8: 2002
SuperSport United
  • South African Premiership: 2007–08, 2008–09
South Africa
Individual
  • PSL Player of the Season: 2002

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Arendse the oldest player to feature in South African PSL". 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ↑ https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2025-09-21-watch-siwelele-drama-as-boss-axes-ceo-and-assistant-coach-after-threats-on-their-lives/
  3. ↑ Thekasiboy (2022-12-15). "CEO explains why SuperSport didn't give Arendse the coaching job". Archived from the original on 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.

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