Steven Pienaar

Steven Pienaar is the kind of footballer I have real affection for. A winger and attacking midfielder out of Westbury in Johannesburg, he captained South Africa and built a long career in Europe, most memorably at Everton where his link-up play made him a fan favourite. At 170cm he relied on cleverness over size, and I respect that. What I like most now is that he didn't disappear after hanging up his boots, he's coaching youth football at Sharjah in the UAE. Passing the game down to teenagers feels like a fitting second act for a player who always seemed to think a step ahead.

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Name (English)

Steven Pienaar

Name (Japanese)

スティーヴン・ピーナール

Reading

すてぃーゔん・ぴーなーる

Born

March 17, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

• Official sitehttp://www.steven-pienaar.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/stevenpienaar/
• Xhttps://x.com/therealstevenpi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Pienaar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193488

Tags

• Gauteng
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.