Steven Pienaar

**Steven Pienaar** (born 17 March 1982) is a South African football player. He played for Everton and South Africa national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Ajax Cape Town|1999–2000|Premier Soccer League|13|5|0|0|0|0|–|–|13|5|||
|2000–01|Premier Soccer League|11|1|0|0|0|0|–|–|11|1|||||
|rowspan="6"|Ajax|2001–02|Eredivisie|8|1|0|0|–|0|0|0|0|8|1||
|2002–03|Eredivisie|31|5|2|0|–|12|2|0|0|45|7||||
|2003–04|Eredivisie|16|3|0|0|–|5|0|0|0|21|3||||
|2004–05|Eredivisie|24|4|2|0|–|4|0|1|1|31|5||||
|2005–06|Eredivisie|15|2|0|0|–|9|0|2|0|26|2||||
|Borussia Dortmund|2006–07|Bundesliga|25|0|2|0|–|–|–|27|0|||||
|Everton (loan)|2007–08|Premier League|28|2|1|0|3|0|8|0|–|40|2|||
|rowspan="4"|Everton|2008–09|Premier League|28|2|6|0|0|0|1|0|–|35|2||
|2009–10|Premier League|30|4|2|0|0|0|6|3|–|38|7||||
|2010–11|Premier League|18|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|–|20|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Tottenham Hotspur|2010–11|Premier League|8|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|–|11|0||
|2011–12|Premier League|2|0|2|0|0|0|3|1|–|7|1||||
|Everton (loan)|2011–12|Premier League|14|4|–|–|–|–|14|4||||||
|rowspan="5"|Everton|2012–13|Premier League|35|6|4|1|1|0|0|0|–|40|7||
|2013–14|Premier League|23|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|–|25|1||||
|2014–15|Premier League|9|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|–|11|0||||
|2015–16|Premier League|4|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|–|6|0||||
|Sunderland|2016–17|Premier League|15|0|0|0|2|0|–|–|17|0||||

## International career statistics

|-
|2002||1||0
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|2003||2||0
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|2004||6||1
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|2005||8||1
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|2006||4||0
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|2007||7||0
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|2008||7||0
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|2009||11||0
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!Total||46||2
|}

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2001–02, 2003–04
- KNVB Cup: 2001–02

**Everton**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2008–09

**Individual**
- Ajax CT Young Player of the Season: 2000
- Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2002–03
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2005–06
- SAFA Player of the Year: 2009
- Everton Player of the Season: 2009–10

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Steven Pienaar
- **image**: Steven Pienaar 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Pienaar warming-up for Everton F.C., Everton in 2015
- **full name**: Steven Jerome Pienaar
- **birth place**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger / Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Sharjah FC (youth)
- **youthclubs1**: West Ham Westbury
- **youthclubs2**: Westbury Arsenal
- **youthclubs3**: School of Excellence
- **youthclubs4**: Ajax Cape Town F.C., Ajax Cape Town
- **years1**: 1999–2001
- **clubs1**: Ajax Cape Town FC, Ajax Cape Town
- **caps1**: 24
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2001–2006
- **clubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps2**: 94
- **goals2**: 15
- **years3**: 2006–2008
- **clubs3**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2007–2008
- **clubs4**: → Everton F.C., Everton (loan)
- **caps4**: 28
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2008–2011
- **clubs5**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps5**: 76
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2011–2012
- **clubs6**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps6**: 10
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2012
- **clubs7**: → Everton F.C., Everton (loan)
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 4
- **years8**: 2012–2016
- **clubs8**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps8**: 71
- **goals8**: 7
- **years9**: 2016–2017
- **clubs9**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps9**: 15
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2017–2018
- **clubs10**: Bidvest Wits F.C., Bidvest Wits
- **caps10**: 4
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 361
- **totalgoals**: 41
- **nationalyears1**: 1999–2000
- **nationalteam1**: South Africa U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2012
- **nationalteam2**: South Africa national football team, South Africa
- **nationalcaps2**: 61
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs1**: SV Robinhood (Amsterdam), SV Robinhood (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2020–2024
- **managerclubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax (youth)
- **manageryears3**: 2024–
- **managerclubs3**: Sharjah FC, Sharjah (youth)