Brandon Silent
South African soccer player
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Brandon Silent (born 22 January 1973) is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a right-sided midfielder and fullback.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 January 1973 | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vaal Reef Stars | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2001 | Orlando Pirates | 255 | (21) |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1996 | South Africa U23 | 9[1] | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | South Africa | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was nicknamed "Sgcebezana" (Homunculus) because of his short stature.[2]
Career
Silent played club football for Orlando Pirates, scoring 22 goals in 270 appearances.[3]
Silent also earned five caps for the South African national side between 1997 and 1998. He played for South Africa at the 1998 African Cup of Nations finals.[4]
After he retired from playing in 2003, Silent became a football coach. He has worked as an assistant at FC AK.[3]
