Andre Petim

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Andre Petim
Personal information
Full name Andre De Abreu Petim
Date of birth (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ajax Cape Town (South Africa)
Number 16
Youth career
Vasco Da Gama
Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2015 Ajax Cape Town 102 (0)
2012Golden Arrows (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2013 Vasco Da Gama(Loan) 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2012

Andre Petim (born 3 August 1985 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African football (soccer) goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Vasco Da Gama. [1] He was born to Portuguese settlers from Madeira.

Career

He started off his career at Vasco Da Gama and started off his Ajax Cape Town career at the age of 15 years, at the age of 19 years he made his 1st team debut. He has represented the South African U23 team and has also played in the African Champions League with Ajax. He was also part of the successful Ajax team that won the ABSA Cup in 2007. Petim also played a big part in the winning of the 2008 Telkom Knockout for Ajax when he saved two penalties in the 1st round and had a fantastic game in the final and was also a nominee for goalkeeper of the tournament.

He is currently the Head Goalkeeper Coach at Ajax Cape Town.

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References

  1. "Vasco Da Gama | Football club". vasco.co.za. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.