Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 July 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Roodepoort, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | Wits University | 18 | (0) |
1991–1992 | União de Tomar | 34 | (5) |
1992–1996 | Vitória | 84 | (2) |
1996–1997 | Cagliari | 20 | (0) |
1997–2002 | Barnsley | 99 | (9) |
2002–2005 | Caldas | 54 | (15) |
2005–2007 | Bidvest Wits | 29 | (3) |
Total | 337 | (34) | |
International career | |||
1994–2002 | South Africa | 45 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2013–2016 | Orlando Pirates | ||
2016–2017 | Cape Town City | ||
2017–2018 | SuperSport United | ||
2018 | Chippa United | ||
2019–2020 | Maritzburg United | ||
2021–2024 | Cape Town City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eric Tinkler (born 30 July 1970) is a South African football coach and former player.
Tinkler was born in Roodepoort. [1]
Tinkler played club football for Wits University, União de Tomar, Vitória, Cagliari, Barnsley, Caldas and Bidvest Wits. [1]
Tinkler moved from Italian club Cagliari to English club Barnsley on 1 July 1997 for a transfer fee of £650,000. [2]
Tinkler earned 45 caps for the South African national team between 1994 and 2002, scoring 1 goal. [1] He was part of the South Africa squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations, playing in the final. [3]
Tinkler became head coach of Orlando Pirates in December 2013; in May 2015 it was announced that he would continue in that role for the 2015–16 season. [4] Tinkler left Orlando Pirates to become the first head coach of Cape Town City club on 17 June 2016. [5] On 8 June 2017 he moved to become head coach of SuperSport United. [6] He quit in March 2018. [7]
After a spell with Chippa United, he became manager of Maritzburg United in January 2019. [8] He left the club in November 2020. [9]
He returned as manager of Cape Town City on 24 May 2021. [10] On 31 December 2024, Tinkler left the club. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barnsley | 1997–98 [12] | Premier League | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 29 | 2 | |
1998–99 [13] | First Division | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 3 | ||
1999–2000 [14] | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
2000–01 [15] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
2001–02 [16] | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 10 | ||
Career total | 99 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 10 |
South Africa national team [1] | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1994 | 5 | 0 |
1995 | 4 | 0 |
1996 | 11 | 1 |
1997 | 10 | 0 |
1998 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 2 | 0 |
2000 | 6 | 0 |
2001 | 2 | 0 |
2002 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 45 | 1 |
Cape Town City
Supersport United
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