Jingles Pereira
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Cape Town City v Durban City, Hartleyvale, c1972 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Sweeper, Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1963 | Stewards & Lloyds AFC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1963–1972 | Vaal United | 270 | (108) |
| 1972–1973 | Jewish Guild | 29 | (22) |
| 1973–1979 | Cape Town City | 204 | (93) |
| 1979–1983 | Kaizer Chiefs | 170 | (53) |
| Total | 644 | (276) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983--1985 | Benoni United (player-coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Frank Pereira (born 2 November 1945[1] in Portugal) is a former Portuguese born South African football midfielder and was a part of the 1981 quadruple winning Kaizer Chiefs.
Early life
Pereira grew up on a farm where he eventually gained skills from playing with the black labourers' kids. People at his school wanted him to play rugby but he loved soccer and he was heavily criticised for playing the black man's sport.[1]
Club career
At the age of 24, Pereira won the 1969 NFL Footballer of the Year award.[2]
At Cape Town he was the team's top goalscorer in 1973 and 1974 and helped them win the NFL, UTC Bowl and the Champion of Champions.[2]
He joined Chiefs in 1979 as their third white player in history.[3] Pereira was later converted into a sweeper and helped Chiefs win the quadruple in 1981 before retiring in 1983 capping off his 276 goal tally.[2]
Personal life
Pereira has been married three times. His second wife died in a car accident. He his currently married to his third wife, Helena.[1]
Nickname
He was named Jingles when he played for Stewarts & Lloyds when he was 10 years old because he always had two pennies in his pocket as his good-luck charm. The pennies tinkled in his pocket as he ran on the field and one senior player, Bobby Farrel said: 'Go on Jingle Bells, go on.'"[1]
After retirement
He is the owner of Riverside Distributors with his four brothers-in-law in downtown Johannesburg. His company produces products such as kitchen towels, serviettes, garage rolls and the etc.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (2009-08-23). "The white boy flushed with success in a black league". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
- 1 2 3 "Blue Ribbon - Frank 'Jingles' Pereira | Soccer Laduma". Soccerladuma.mobi. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
- ↑ Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (2009-08-23). "The white boy flushed with success in a black league". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2013-11-20.