Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kholosa Mthikazi Biyana | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 September 1994||
Place of birth | Ngcobo, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | |||
*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.
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]
She was born in Ngcobo. [4] She began playing soccer when she was 8. [5]
Biyana captained UKZN Ladies in their maiden Women's Varsity Football season in 2018. [6]
In 2020 she signed for Segunda Federación side Sporting de Gijón (women). [7]
She signed for UWC Ladies at the start of the 2023 season. [8]
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]
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]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 31 July 2019 | Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa | Comoros | 17–0 | 17–0 | 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship |
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