Jingles Pereira

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.

Jingles Pereira
Cape Town City v Durban City, Hartleyvale, c1972
Personal information
Full name Frank Pereira
Date of birth (1945-11-02) 2 November 1945
Place of birth Portugal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) 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)
1986 Orlando Pirates
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 City 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 the third white player in their history.[1] Pereira was later converted into a sweeper and was part of the legendary Glamour Boys side that won the quadruple in 1981[3] before retiring in 1983 with a 276-goal tally.[2]

Manager

Pereira coached Benoni United where he discovered Roger de Sa before joining Orlando Pirates on 29 April 1986 after Pirates poor prior run of two wins in 11 matches.[4]

Personal life

Pereira has been married three times. His second wife died in a car accident. He is currently married to his third wife, Helena.[1] 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. Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (23 August 2009). "The white boy flushed with success in a black league". Times LIVE. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. "Blue Ribbon - Frank 'Jingles' Pereira | Soccer Laduma". Soccerladuma.mobi. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. "Jingles: Kaizer Always Paid Us On Time". Soccer Laduma. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. Kickoff December 2015.


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