Jingles Pereira

Jingles Pereira

Cape Town City v Durban City, Hartleyvale, c1972
Personal information
Full nameFrank Pereira
Date of birth2 November 1945
Place of birthPortugal
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionSweeper, Midfielder
Youth career
1955–1963Stewards & Lloyds AFC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963–1972Vaal United270(108)
1972–1973Jewish Guild29(22)
1973–1979Cape Town City204(93)
1979–1983Kaizer Chiefs170(53)
Total644(276)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (2009-08-23). "The white boy flushed with success in a black league". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Blue Ribbon - Frank 'Jingles' Pereira | Soccer Laduma". Soccerladuma.mobi. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  3. Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (2009-08-23). "The white boy flushed with success in a black league". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2013-11-20.