Dean Furman during his time with Supersport Unite. Photo: BackpagePix
Furman’s brutal chirp: Soweto giants were nothing during my playing days!
Former SuperSport star Dean Furman has revealed how proud he is that the impact of Chiefs and Pirates was nullified during his playing days.
Dean Furman during his time with Supersport Unite. Photo: BackpagePix
Furman featured prominently for SuperSport United between 2015 and 2020, winning two Nedbank Cup trophies, while also forming part of the squad that claimed the MTN8 Cup.
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The former Bafana captain played for several overseas clubs, but it was during his time with SuperSport in South Africa that he enjoyed great success.
Besides claiming a runners-up medal in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, Furman was also once described by SuperSport chief executive Stanley Matthews as “one of our all-time great midfielders and captains”.
Furman, who plays for Warrington Rylands 1906 currently, has interestingly recalled his time in South Africa and how Chiefs and Pirates were unable to really impose themselves on local competitors.
“I have to say one [tough] team that we came up against in South Africa were Sundowns,” Furman told Football N Friends podcast.
“It’s something I’m very proud of actually that during my five-year stay in South Africa, Chiefs and Pirates have won nothing.
“The Soweto giants won nothing. Who won stuff? Sundowns, [Bidvest] Wits and us [SuperSport] essentially.
“We were the Cup kings, we had a nice league run and Sundowns did the rest.”
Furman made more than 50 appearances for Bafana Bafana
He won his 50th cap for South Africa on 24 March 2019 during a 2–1 win over Libya which secured the nation’s qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Fans nicknamed him “mlungu” (white person).
As of 2020 he had represented South Africa winning 56 caps, and scored four goals.
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