Shaun Bartlett

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Shaun Bartlett

Personal information
Full name	Thurston Shaun Bartlett
Date of birth	(1972-10-31) 31 October 1972
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Kaizer Chiefs (assistant 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)
International career
1995–2005	South Africa	74	(28)
Managerial career
2012–2016	Golden Arrows (assistant manager)
2016–2018	University of Pretoria
2018–	Kaizer Chiefs (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shaun Bartlett (born 31 October 1972) is a South African former professional football striker. In December 2018, he became the assistant manager of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. in South Africa.

Early life

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

Club career

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.

Bartlett then returned to South Africa signing with 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.

International career

Bartlett made his full international debut in a friendly against Lesotho on 26 April 1995.

He is the second all-time leading scorer behind Benni McCarthy for the South African national team, with 28 goals in 74 appearances. He helped his country to the 1996 African Nations Cup and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals.

International goals

Sources:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 November 1995	Mmabatho, South Africa	Egypt	2–0	2–0	Four Nations Cup
2	26 November 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	Zimbabwe	1–0	2–0	Four Nations Cup
3	26 November 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	Zimbabwe	2–0	2–0	Four Nations Cup
4	31 January 1996	Johannesburg, South Africa	Ghana	2–0	3–0	1996 African Nations Cup
5	15 June 1996	Johannesburg, South Africa	Malawi	1–0	3–0	1998 World Cup qual.
6	15 June 1996	Johannesburg, South Africa	Malawi	3–0	3–0	1998 World Cup qual.
7	11 October 1997	Lens, France	France	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
8	20 May 1998	Johannesburg, South Africa	Zambia	1–1	1–1	Friendly match
9	24 June 1998	Bordeaux, France	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–2	1998 FIFA World Cup
10	24 June 1998	Bordeaux, France	Saudi Arabia	2–2	2–2	1998 FIFA World Cup
11	3 October 1998	Johannesburg, South Africa	Angola	1–0	1–0	2000 African Nations Cup qual.
12	27 February 1999	Mabopane, South Africa	Gabon	3–1	4–1	2000 African Nations Cup qual.
13	23 January 2000	Kumasi, Ghana	Gabon	2–1	3–1	2000 African Nations Cup
14	23 January 2000	Kumasi, Ghana	Gabon	3–1	3–1	2000 African Nations Cup
15	27 January 2000	Kumasi, Ghana	DR Congo	1–0	1–0	2000 African Nations Cup
16	2 February 2000	Kumasi, Ghana	Algeria	1–0	1–1	2000 African Nations Cup
17	12 February 2000	Accra, Ghana	Tunisia	1–0	2–2	2000 African Nations Cup
18	8 April 2000	Maseru, Lesotho	Lesotho	1–0	2–0	2002 World Cup qual.
19	23 April 2000	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Lesotho	1–0	1–0	2002 World Cup qual.
20	16 December 2000	Johannesburg, South Africa	Liberia	1–0	2–1	2002 African Nations Cup qual.
21	27 January 2001	Rustenburg, South Africa	Burkina Faso	1–0	1–0	World Cup qualifier
22	5 May 2001	Johannesburg, South Africa	Zimbabwe	1–0	2–1	2002 World Cup qual.
23	10 November 2001	Johannesburg, South Africa	Egypt	1–0	1–0	Nelson Mandela Challenge
24	19 November 2002	Johannesburg, South Africa	Senegal	1–0	1–1	Nelson Mandela Challenge
25	22 June 2003	Polokwane, South Africa	Ivory Coast	1–0	2–1	2004 African Nations Cup qual.
26	3 July 2004	Johannesburg, South Africa	Burkina Faso	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
27	17 November 2004	Johannesburg, South Africa	Nigeria	1–0	2–1	Nelson Mandela Challenge
28	7 September 2005	Bremen, Germany	Germany	1–1	2–4	Friendly match

Career statistics

As of 19 August 2019

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		International		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Zürich	1998-99	Nationalliga A	27	13	1	0	—		8	8	—		36	21
	1999-2000	Nationalliga A	30	6	4	4	—		6	1	—		40	11
	2000-01	Nationalliga A	20	8	0	0	—		2	1	—		22	9
	Total		77	27	5	4	—		16	10	—		98	41
Charlton Athletic	2000-01	Premier League	18	7	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	20	7
	2001-02	Premier League	14	1	1	0	2	0	—		0	0	17	1
	2002-03	Premier League	31	4	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	34	4
	2003-04	Premier League	19	5	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	19	5
	2004-05	Premier League	23	4	2	2	2	2	—		0	0	27	8
	2005-06	Premier League	16	1	5	0	1	0	—		0	0	22	1
	Total		121	22	12	2	6	2	—		0	0	139	26
Career Total			198	49	17	6	6	2	16	10	0	0	237	67

Honours

Club

FC Zürich

• Swiss Cup: 2000

Kaizer Chiefs

• Telkom Knockout: 2007
• MTN 8: 2008

International

South Africa

• African Cup of Nations: 1996

Individual

• BBC Goal of the Season: 2000–01

Managerial career

Golden Arrows

• 2014–15 National First Division