Kholosa Biyana

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Kholosa Biyana
Personal information
Full name Kholosa Mthikazi Biyana
Date of birth (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Ngcobo, South Africa
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2020 University of KwaZulu-Natal
2020–2022 Sporting Gijón 43 (2)
2023 University of the Western Cape
2023- Mamelodi Sundowns
International career
2018– South Africa 38 (2)
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal icon.svg 2022 Morocco


CAF Women's Champions League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Côte d'Ivoire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Kholosa Mthikazi Biyana (born 6 September 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the South Africa women's national team.

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She was part of the national team when they won their maiden continental title at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. [2]

In 2023, she was her first club continental title with Sundowns Ladies at the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. [3]

Early life

She was born in Ngcobo. [4] She began playing soccer when she was 8. [5]

Club career

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Biyana captained UKZN Ladies in their maiden Women's Varsity Football season in 2018. [6]

Sporting de Gijón (women)

In 2020 she signed for Segunda Federación side Sporting de Gijón (women). [7]

University of the Western Cape

She signed for UWC Ladies at the start of the 2023 season. [8]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. [9]

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League, 2023 COSAFA Women's League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super league titles with Sundowns. [3] [10] [11] [12]

International career

Biyana started for all three matches played by South Africa at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [13] [14] She was part of the South Africa women's national team that won the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She was on the team that made it to the Round of 16 at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and started for 2 of South Africa's 4 matches. [15] [14] [16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 July 2019Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 17–017–0 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship

Honours

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

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