Career
He is the current sporting director of the Greek side Olympiacos Piraeus. He moved to Chelsea on loan in January 2001, although he did not play a competitive game for the London club He is best known in England for his spell with Watford in 2001-2002.
Signed by new manager Gianluca Vialli from Marseille, Issa scored once, against Portsmouth.
Issa was memorably dropped by his stretcher bearers after an injury in a home game against Birmingham City, and was put on the club"s transfer list on 14 February 2002, only five months after he had signed for the club He signed for Ionikos of Greece and later for OFI Crete, also in Greece, where he stayed until 2009.
Issa played 47 times for South Africa since making his debut on 15 November 1997 against Germany, having also captained his country. In the 1998 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, he scored two own goals against France (however the second of these goals was later on ackownledged as scored by Thierry Henry).