Eric Tinkler

Eric Tinkler

Personal information
Date of birth	30 July 1970
Place of birth	Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cape Town City (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Wits	18	(0)
1992–1996	Vitória de Setúbal	84	(2)
1996–1997	Cagliari	20	(0)
1997–2002	Barnsley	99	(9)
2002–2005	União de Tomar
2005–2007	Wits	29	(3)
National team
1994–2002	South Africa	45	(1)
Teams managed
2015–2016	Orlando Pirates
2016–	Cape Town City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Eric Tinkler (born 30 July 1970 in Roodepoort, Gauteng) is a South African football coach and former player, who is currently head coach of Cape Town City. He played for Wits in South Africa, Vitória de Setúbal and União de Tomar in Portugal, Cagliari in Italy and Barnsley in England where he appeared in the Premier League. He was part of the South Africa squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations.

Career

Club

Tinkler joined English Premier League side Barnsley from Italian side Cagliari on 30 June 1997 for £650,000.^[1]

Managerial

Tinkler was appointed as head coach of Orlando Pirates on 18 May 2015 for the 2015–16 season.^[2] Tinkler left Orlando Pirates to become the first head coach of Cape Town City club on 17 June 2016.^[3]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 27 November 2001^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnsley	1997–98[5]	Premier League	25	2	2	0	2	0	-		29	2
	1998–99[6]	First Division	25	3	3	0	2	0	-		30	3
	1999–2000[7]		33	4	1	0	5	0	3	0	42	4
	2000–01[8]		0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2001–02[9]		16	0	0	0	1	1	-		0	0
	Total		99	9	6	0	10	1	3	0	118	10
Career total			99	9	6	0	10	1	3	0	118	10

International

South Africa national team
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

Statistics accurate as of 12 September 2016^[4]

Managerial

Information correct as of match played 15 May 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.

Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Orlando Pirates	18 May 2015[2]	17 June 2016[3]	50	24	9	17	73	50	48.00
Cape Town City	17 June 2016[3]		3	2	0	1	3	3	66.67

References

1. "Football: Tinkler joins the Barnsley party". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 1 July 1997. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
2. "Tinkler confirmed as Pirates coach for next season". timeslive.co.za. Times Live. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. "Tinkler to lead Black Aces". SuperSport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
4. "Eric Tinkler". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
5. "Games played by Eric Tinkler in 1997/1998". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
6. "Games played by Eric Tinkler in 1998/1999". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
7. "Games played by Eric Tinkler in 1999/2000". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
8. "Games played by Eric Tinkler in 2000/2001". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
9. "Games played by Eric Tinkler in 2001/2002". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

External links

• Eric Tinkler career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Eric Tinkler at National-Football-Teams.com