Orlando Pirates forward Kermit Erasmus has justified his form in front of goal stating that he is “too much of a team player” to be self in the final third.

The 32-year-old striker contributed to nine goals including four goals and assisting a further five in 25 appearances for Pirates during the 2022-23 season.

Erasmus also played his part in helping the Buccaneers lift the MTN8 title, the Nedbank Cup trophy and helping the club finish in second place in the DStv Premiership to secure their spot in next year’s Caf Champions League.

The Port Elizabeth-born striker admits that he could have scored more goals this past campaign but is now focused on bettering his goal ratio in the new season.

“You could possibly say that [I don’t score a lot] but if I have to be selfish then you could actually use that phrase,” Erasmus said as per Metro FM Sport.

“But I’m too much of a team player to be thinking of myself in front of goals because I’d rather have a 100 percent goal [chance] than a 60 percent chance of me shooting when I could pass to somebody to score a tap-in.

“Because at the end of the day we win as a team or we lose as a team, so if you’re looking at statistics, okay, you can put it like that. I’m looking at what I can win together with my team. I wanna be remembered for the collective, not for the individuals. Can I get my ratio up on scoring, with games? Of course.

“And this season for me has just been about making sure we get to what we set ourselves to achieve and that was these two trophies and position two [on the log]. So in the new season we’ll see what happens.”

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