Brian Baloyi

thumb|Brian Baloyi Brian Baloyi (born 16 March 1974 is a retired South African association football goalkeeper. Quotes Winning the 2027 AFCON would be too much to ask for. For me, I'd say there is no way that the new coach will be able to build on what coach Hugo Broos has left. The question is, what has he left? What did he build? Yes, he was winning, but what system would you say he built and left behind? When we talk about building, we must be talking about building the system in a way that whoever comes in will have that to work with. From my understanding at this stage, whoever comes in will have to start from scratch. So we will be demanding that the new coach builds on his (Broos's) success, but there is no system or even playing style that they are building upon. They are going to start from scratch building their own philosophy, and that is one of the greatest problems we have in South Africa. We can see it even from the clubs — there is no trusted playing philosophy. Every coach that comes in has to introduce their own. For me, the main thing is that whoever comes in as the national coach must be someone who is going to leave a legacy. Not only concentrate on the national team, but also build coaches from grassroots to assist in building a national playing philosophy. Right now in South Africa, it is a free-for-all. We have hundreds and hundreds of academies. Someone will come and say, 'I love English football, I'm going to form my academy and teach English football.' Someone else comes and says, 'Eish, I love German football,' and they teach German football and so on — hence the free-for-all Our kids are playing all these different styles, but we need a technical director who is going to come in and say, 'You are not allowed to come in and teach your own thing. This is how children are taught to play football in this country. This is how kids get developed,' so that everyone who comes through and gets to the national team, and when they leave, the new coach will build from that. Too much to ask': Brian Baloyi warns against AFCON 2027 gold expectations as Pitso Mosimane takes the reins, August 2026, IOL by Malibongwe Mdletshe The players know that this is like a cup final, this is closer to qualifying for the World Cup and for a lot of the players, this may be their last chance to do it as well, It’s not gonna be easy playing the hosts but I believe we have enough to cause an upset and knockout the hosts. Banyana know they’d have to be at their best, starting with the coach and choosing the right team for the game Brian Baloyi backs Banyana Banyana to upset hosts Morocco and reach WAFCON semi-finals, August 2026, ILO by Smiso Msomi Before we start getting concerned about the strikers, looking at what we have, I am hoping that Mayo will step up, get back to form, and become the Mayo we know from Cape Town City. I am hoping that this season he will get back to that level, especially now that he is no longer on loan but on a permanent deal, I am hoping that now he will feel, 'I am back home', focus, and understand the pressure that comes with playing for Kaizer Chiefs — and that he can take that pressure and embrace it. Brian Baloyi backs Khanyisa Mayo to repay Kaizer Chiefs' faith following permanent transfer, August 2026, IOL by Mihlali Baleka In other sporting codes, like rugby and cricket, when these young boys go into academies, they are taught everything they need to know Their games develop the complete person People put money in many ventures, in franchises, and they were cheated out of their money,” the former goal stopper says, looking back. “Sports teaches you it is OK to fail, Football gave me life. I want to change the pathways of football; leave it better for those who are coming behind us. It must be better than what we found. It is sad that we always brag that we belong to the richest league on the continent when we cannot even afford a pension fund for soccer players, players have no idea what a pension fund is I always liken football players to lotto winners. They have no idea how to handle the money that suddenly comes their way, Brian Baloyi has learnt many financial lessons in life, September 2022, IOL by Don Makatile We have a South African problem at the moment If you look at the PSL, close to 60 per cent of the clubs are playing foreign goalkeepers. It’s a problem that cannot be addressed by the PSL or the clubs alone, because both are businesses at the end of the day. They are focused on results and on finding players who are ready-made As much as there is talent coming through club development systems, that talent is often developed for the benefit of the club, not necessarily for the benefit of the country The people responsible for football development are Safa, and they need to come up with a proper plan and programme for goalkeeper development The PSL and the clubs want ready-made products. Nine times out of ten, especially at bigger clubs, the focus is on winning and immediate results. When you are running a business, you go with what works Ronwen is 33, and he is our best goalkeeper by far. Between now and the World Cup, we have to pray that he doesn’t get injured. With all due respect to Chaine and Ricardo Goss, they are good goalkeepers, but at a World Cup you need a great goalkeeper Brian Baloyi blasts PSL clubs for neglecting local goalkeeper talent, February 2026,IOL by Obakeng Meletse External links Category:Living people Category:Soccer players from South Africa Category:1974 births