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Shaun Bartlett

Shaun Bartlett
Personal information
Full name Thurston Shaun Bartlett
Date of birth (1972-10-31) 31 October 1972 (age 44)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
University of Pretoria F.C. (manager)
Youth career
Norway Parks
Vasco Da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Cape Town Spurs 116 (48)
1996–1997 Colorado Rapids 36 (9)
1997 MetroStars 13 (2)
1997–1998 Cape Town Spurs (loan) 18 (8)
1998–2000 FC Zürich 77 (27)
2000–2006 Charlton Athletic 123 (24)
2006–2008 Kaizer Chiefs 31 (11)
2008–2009 Bloemfontein Celtic 8 (0)
Total 422 (129)
National team
1995–2005 South Africa 74 (28)
Teams managed
2012–2016 Golden Arrows (assistant manager)
2016– University of Pretoria F.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Shaun Bartlett (born 31 October 1972 in Cape Town) is a retired South African football striker who last played for Bloemfontein Celtic. He is currently the manager of University of Pretoria F.C. in South Africa.

Raised by his grandmother in Factreton on the Cape Flats, Bartlett began playing for his church team and quickly developed a deft striking ability on the field. He was also a talented cricketer.

Bartlett began his career with his hometown Cape Town Spurs and then moved to Major League Soccer and the Colorado Rapids in the league's inaugural season in 1996. Halfway through the 1997 season, he was traded to the MetroStars on 10 July. Bartlett left MLS, without leaving much of a mark and returned to his home country. He later went on loan to FC Zürich and then transferring there for good in 1998. He went on loan to Charlton Athletic in 2000, and moved there in 2001 on a permanent deal worth £2 million. Bartlett won the Premier League Goal of the Season award in 2000-01, for his volley against Leicester City. He was released by the club in May 2006. He then signed with SA giants Kaizer Chiefs and in the summer of 2008 retired from professional football. After several discussions, he then made a return to football with Bloemfontein Celtic.


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