Brett Evans (born 8 March 1982 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

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) is a South African

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who played for

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club

Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and ma ...

. Evans was a founding member of

and played for Ajax for the whole of his 13-year career. Brett Evans is currently the head coach for boys youth a
Albion SC
as well as assistant coach at

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Ajax Cape Town

Evans was a founding member of

making his debut in 1999. He played for Ajax for the whole of his 13-year career and has 311 starts which is a club record. In 2012, Evans went on trial with

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club

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and played in a 2–0 win over

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in a reserve team match. Evans suffered knee and groin injuries and left Ajax in 2012 on expiration of his contract.

International career

He is one of the few South African player s to have played for all the national teams and was also part of South Africa's squad at the

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. He has ten full international caps.

Coaching career

While playing left back at Ajax CT, Evans was assistant coach for the youth u12 team, from 2010 to 2012. He is currently head coach at Albion SC and assistant coach at Point Loma Nazarene University.

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* 1982 births South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Living people Soccer players from Johannesburg Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Men's association football defenders South African people of British descent 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-footy-defender-stub