New Orlando Pirates recruit Andre De Jong is hoping to contribute to the team’s success admitting that winning the Betway Premiership title this season is one of his personal goals.
The 29-year-old New Zealand international had developed into an integral part of the Stellies squad since joining the club from Royal AM in January 2023.
His performances at the Cape Winelands outfit did not go unnoticed outfit as the Buccaneers came calling by snapping him up at the beginning of January.
De Jong has since opened up on his move to Mayfair and touched on his personal goals as well as what he would like to see the team achieve this season.
“Extremely excited to join Orlando Pirates, obviously it’s tough moving in January but yeah just looking forward to getting games under my belt and try and contribute to the team going forward,” he told the Pirates media.
“Playing for Stellenbosch we played a couple of finals against Pirates and when Pirates were interested, obviously I was very excited to join them.
“This is a really exciting chapter for me going forward. Pirates have shown so much success over the past few seasons and hopefully I can continue with that success going forward.
“I think it’s a goal for everyone’s club to win the league this year. I think it’s a great opportunity sitting on top of the log at the break now, so in these two weeks we’ve been pushing really hard.
“I then I think from the outside as well expectations from the fans and to break the drought [of winning league title] and hopefully we can this season.
“Some of my personal goals is obviously to contribute to the team as much as possible.
“Obviously, I’d love to win the league, and I think everyone at the club would, so that’s a big goal of mine.
“Also like to score goals and contribute going forward. I think Pirates has a really good pressing culture and defensive structure.
“So, just to give my all whenever I play and hopefully contributing to the team winning.”
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