Rhoda Mulaudzi

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Rhoda Mulaudzi
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth Venda, Malonga Village, Ha-Muligidi, South Africa [2]
Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
2018–2019 Canberra United 12 (4)
2019–2020 Apollon Ladies
2020 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 18 (36)
2020–2021 Dinamo Minsk 3 (1)
2021– Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
International career‡
2015– South Africa 7 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy
2024– South Africa W u17 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2019

Rhoda Mulaudzi [3] (born 2 December 1989) is a South African soccer player and coach who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the South Africa women's national team. [4] [5] [6] She's the current assistant coach of the South Africa women's under-17. [7]

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In 2020 she was named the inaugural South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year. [8]

Club career

Canberra United

On 20 August 2018, Canberra United announced they had signed Mulaudzi for the 2018–19 W-League Season. [9] She joined the club alongside fellow South African Refiloe Jane; they are the first players from South Africa to play in the W-League. [10]

Dinamo Minsk

She joined the club in 2020 and won the Belarus Women’s Cup with the club. [11] [12]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She joined Sundowns Ladies in 2021 and was part of the team that were runners-up at the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. She suffered a meniscus injury in the final that kept her on the sidelines for 14-months. [13]

International career

Mulaudzi made her senior debut for South Africa during the 2015 African Games on 7 September that year in a 1–1 draw against Cameroon. [14]

Managerial career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy

Mulaudzi was named the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy coach for the 2024 season. She won the inaugural under 14 Gauteng Women's Development League. [15]

South Africa women's under-17

In December 2024 she was named the assistant coach for the South Africa women's under-17. [7]

Honours

Dinamo Minsk

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Managerial

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Rhoda Mulaudzi at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "On the ball with Rhoda Mulaudzi". Mamelodi Sundowns. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rhoda Mulaudzi". CAF. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mulaudzi Reveals Career Challenges & Insights Into Historic Downs Return". soccerladuma.co.za. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Banyana Banyana striker Mulaudzi thought Uefa Champions League dream was a scam". goal.com.
  6. ↑ "The African Princess In Football". forbesafrica.com. 19 April 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Sundowns Ladies forward grateful to be part of the SA U17 women's technical team | soccer". SABC. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Banyana Banyana's Mulaudzi crowned Women Footballer of the Year - SAFA.net". 2 September 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Canberra United resurrects international career of Rhoda Mulaudzi". smh.com.au. 11 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Sport24, Sibusiso Mjikeliso-. "Banyana star Rhoda Mulaudzi says she's blessed, after a hat-trick of major honours". Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "Rhoda Mulaudzi talks growth, challenges and Belarus". news24.com.
  13. ↑ "Rhoda Mulaudzi settling well after 14-month injury lay-off | soccer". SABC. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  14. ↑ www.realnet.co.uk (10 September 2015). "Banyana draw 0–0 with Ghana in All Africa Games". Kick Off. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  15. ↑ Pongco, Siya (3 July 2024). "SuperSport Schools Plus | Coach Rhoda Mulaudzi: "Congratulations to JVW, every time we play them its a war"". SuperSport Schools Plus. Retrieved 7 January 2025.


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