Sipho Chaine

Sipho Justin Chaine (born 14 December 1996) is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pirates in the South African Premiership and the South Africa national team. Quotes Its a feeling you can’t get used to, being in this position, playing another cup final and for us it was all about winning the trophy and as a group and club Pirates is a club that prides itself on winning trophies and for us to win two in a short space of time is a feeling I can’t put into words. In a very short space of time, he’s extremely talented, he brought a different energy to our team and the nation Considering where he comes from, its always the narrative that when you come from a small place that you can’t achieve great things. I remember in the 2010 World Cup opener, I was at home with my sister and I’ve never celebrated that much in my life so it’s crazy that the draw would come out like that but it’s going to be a big tournament for us and I’m looking forward to it Its an honour to represent my country and to be a part of that group heading to the AFCON is a privilege for me and everyone in that group so we need to push ourselves to make South Africans feel the way they used to feel. A feeling you can’t get used to – Chaine on Pirates’ winning culture, January 2026,IOL , by Smiso Msomi I think I have said this before – throughout my career, I try to be the best version of myself, I try to improve in every game and training session. It’s a new day, and another chance for me to get better in whatever it is that I do In every aspect of my game, I try to be my biggest critic. And that has helped me to improve a lot and become a better player I think when you start your career as a goalkeeper, you must know at the back of your mind that there’s a lot that you have to prove For myself, I needed to prove that one day I’ll become a better player, and I’ll be part of a bigger institution such as Orlando Pirates. I needed to work on myself and prove things to myself. It might seem as though I am already there, but to every youngster, that’s the biggest motivation you can give yourself. I think the best thing that we can do for ourselves as Orlando Pirates is to focus on our game this weekend We don’t want to dwell on the successes that we have had in the past. That’s the most important for me – to do something new and work as hard as I can. I don't want to focus more on the past I think the most important thing for us is to play the game and not focus on the occasion, even though at the back of your mind, we know that they’ll be expectations I think we just need to focus on the game and whatever we are trying to execute. That’s what we’ve been doing during the start of the season – to push ourselves and win games. We are expecting a very tough match from them. We know that they are a very good side. We know the threat they pose against all the teams they face I try to be my biggest critic, says Orlando Pirates’ Sipho Chaine ahead of cup final, September 2025, IOL by Mihlali Baleka I think it’s been good. Coming to a big club such as Pirates there’s so much responsibility and ambition It hasn’t been easy – not that it was going to be easy. But coming to work with the likes of Mposh, Kopano and Rich has really pushed me to be the best that I can, and I push them as well I think it starts with how much you demand of yourself. The ability to push yourself to get to the next level, There’s never the right time to push yourself. Like saying this is the right time for me to go and see yourself strive under pressure and see how best you work under pressure. I don’t think that will help you settle in at a football club. I think every player has their strengths and weaknesses. So it’s about how you apply yourself to be comfortable, Not really. I think we didn’t start the season very well. But we are getting better (as a team) and we are taking it one game at a time And coming into the weekend also, it’s about three points. We are taking it one game at a time. It’s about three points so we’ll see where we end off. Sipho Chaine credits support and mentality for settling in quickly at Orlando Pirates, September 2023,IOL by Mihlali Baleka I think we didn't start as we would've wanted, we didn't start off great and there could be a lot of factors to that because this is football We have a new coach and maybe he's still instilling his own philosophy on the team and the club as a whole, but we are better now so it's going really well and we're building something really good Another plus is winning the MTN8 which you always strive for and the Nedbank Cup gives us another opportunity to win another one. Sipho Chaine loves Orlando Pirates’ progress under Jose Riveiro, September 2023,IOL by Smiso Msomi External links Category:Soccer players from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1996 births