Up to last month, the former Celta Vigo and Ajax Amsterdam forward had scored 13 goals for the club.
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But there was also the time he bit an opponent while playing for Ajax Amsterdam and took a seven-match ban.
Pienaar said the professional attitude of Ajax Cape Town, a subsidiary of Ajax Amsterdam, made his transition to European football easier.
In Group A, Romania's FC Timisoara earned a vital point after a 0-0 draw away to Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam.
The Dutch title was also decided on Wednesday as Ajax Amsterdam beat VVV Venlo 2-0 with goals in each half from Siem De Jong.
He referred to internet video footage of clashes between Lyon fans and supporters of Ajax Amsterdam - another club with Jewish links - from November 2011.
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All Bafana Bafana's squad heading to Germany play in South Africa, save for midfielder Daylon Claasen who is on the books of Ajax Amsterdam but has yet to make his debut for the Dutch side.
Yet the twice-crowned African Footballer of the Year has never won the Nations Cup and has only picked up the one Champions League medal, earned with Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam in 1995 (alongside compatriot Finidi George).
He has also had spells at Catalan giants Barcelona and Ajax Amsterdam, where he forged his reputation by leading them to a hat-trick of Dutch league titles from 1994-1996 and the European Champions League in 1995.
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In Group A , Ajax Amsterdam went top on goal difference after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-1, with Luis Suarez scoring a third-minute penalty and winger Dennis Rommedahl doubling the lead on 81 before Ivan Tomecak's late consolation.
In 2010, while at Ajax in Amsterdam, he was banned for seven matches for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder.
The 25-year-old captained Amsterdam-based Ajax to a second consecutive Eredivisie title last season and he was named the league's Player of the Year.
Amsterdam's acting mayor Lodewijk van Asscher told local television there was a threat that supporters of Ajax - the city's team - wanted to fight English fans.
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