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Eric Tinkler (born 30 July 1970) is a South African football coach and former player.

Early and personal life

Tinkler was born in Roodepoort.

Club career

Tinkler played club football for Wits University, União de Tomar, Vitória, Cagliari, Barnsley, Caldas and Bidvest Wits.

Tinkler moved from Italian club Cagliari to English club Barnsley on 1 July 1997 for a transfer fee of £650,000.

International career

Tinkler earned 45 caps for the South African national team between 1994 and 2002, scoring 1 goal. He was part of the South Africa squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations, playing in the final.

Coaching career

Tinkler became head coach of Orlando Pirates in December 2013; in May 2015 it was announced that he would continue in that role for the 2015–16 season. Tinkler left Orlando Pirates to become the first head coach of Cape Town City club on 17 June 2016. On 8 June 2017 he moved to become head coach of SuperSport United. He quit in March 2018.

After a spell with Chippa United, he became manager of Maritzburg United in January 2019. He left the club in November 2020.

He returned as manager of Cape Town City on 24 May 2021. On 31 December 2024, Tinkler left the club.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Cape Town City

Telkom Knockout Final

Supersport United

MTN 8 Cup Final

References

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18. "'Winning trophies must become an addiction and a drug for us': Tinkler". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

South Africa squads

v t e South Africa squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations winners (1st title) GK Arendse GK De Sá GK Tlale DF Fish DF Motale DF Motaung DF Nyathi DF Radebe DF Tovey DF Tucker MF Buthelezi MF Khumalo MF Makalakalane MF Mkhalele MF Moeti MF Moosa MF Moshoeu MF Tinkler FW Bartlett FW Masinga FW Mudau FW Williams Coach: Barker v t e South Africa squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Arendse 2 Motaung 3 Nyathi 4 Jackson 5 Fish 6 Masinga 7 Larsen 8 Ngobe 9 Tovey 10 Moshoeu 11 Mkhalele 12 Augustine 13 Ndlanya 14 Williams 15 Khumalo 16 Baloyi 17 Mnguni 18 Moeti 19 Radebe 20 Tinkler Coach: Barker v t e South Africa squad – 2000 African Cup of Nations third place 1 Vonk 2 Khomane 3 Schoeman 4 Radebe 5 Fish 6 Salmon 7 Fortune 8 Mngomeni 9 Bartlett 10 Moshoeu 11 Mkhalele 12 Lekoelea 13 Issa 14 Ndlanya 15 Mudau 16 Tlale 17 Nomvethe 18 Bapela 19 Ngobe 20 Shai 21 Tinkler 23 Arendse Coach: Moloto v t e South Africa squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations 1 Vonk 2 Mabizela 3 Carnell 4 Kannemeyer 5 Booth 6 Sibaya 7 Fortune 8 Mngomeni 9 Bartlett 10 Mnguni 11 August 12 Sheppard 13 Issa 14 Nomvethe 15 Zuma 16 Baloyi 17 McCarthy 18 Buckley 19 Mokoena 20 Schoeman 21 Tinkler 22 Arendse Coach: Queiroz

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