Former Bafana midfielder Steven Pienaar has his sights set on a return to the national team, but this time as a coach.
The Everton star called time on his playing career in 2018 and dived straight into earning his coaching badges, returning to Europe in pursuit of a Uefa Pro License while working in the youth structures at former club Ajax where he coaches the U18s.
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“It’s a dream for every player or manager to coach your national team and that dream is still with me. I know I am only at the beginning of my coaching career, but that’s one of the plans I want for myself,” Pienaar told the Made in Africa podcast.
“You have to think big and for me the ultimate goal is to one day coach my national team and for me that would be everything I wish for. To play for the national team, to captain the national team and to one day be the coach. That will be something special.
“If God is with me and he’ll open that door for me and one day hopefully I’ll reach that goal,” he said.