Nonhlanhla Mthandi

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Nohlanhla Mthandi
Personal information
Date of birth 19 August 1995
Place of birth Kagiso
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 21
Youth career
Lusaka Ladies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Mamelodi Sundowns
2016 Alexandra’s Bluebirds (1)
2019- Mamelodi Sundowns
International career
2020- South Africa
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
COSAFA Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 South Africa
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 South Africa


CAF Women's Champions League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Egypt
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Morocco
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Côte d'Ivoire


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 South Africa
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 South Africa
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nonhlanhla Mthandi (also Nhlanhla; born 19 August 1995) is a South African professional soccer player and football freestyler who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team. [1]

Contents

Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2015, Mthandi joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.

Alexandra Bluebirds

In 2016, she left Sundowns Ladies and joined Sasol Women's League side Alexandra Bluebirds in order to get more game time. She scored on debut in an away match against Aqua Ladies. [2]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2021, she was part of the treble winning Sundowns Ladies team. She scored in the final of the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League as they won 3-0 against Black Rhino Queens from Zimbabwe. [3] This win qualified them to the CAF Women's Champions League held in Cairo, Egypt. The team won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League. [4] They completed the treble by defending their Hollywoodbets Super League title in December 2021. [5]

In 2022, she starred in the clubs documentary Banyana ba Style: The First Queens of African Football. The film celebrates the journey of the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies players as they achieved the historic milestone of claiming the first ever CAF Women’s Champions League.

They were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. [6] [7] They won the Hollywoodbets Super League for the third consecutive year in November 2022. [8]

In 2023, they won their second treble starting with the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Mthandi scoring twice in the tournament. They reclaimed their Champions League title when they won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. They completed the treble with the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League title in December. [9]

International career

Mthandi competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were crowned champions. [10] She was one of the scorers in the 7-0 crashing of Comoros at the tournament.

In 2022, she was part of the team that were runners-up to Zambia at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship. [11]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 November 2020 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South AfricaFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 5–07–0 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

Honours

Club

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

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