Amanda Dlamini
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Harding, South Africa | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | University of Johannesburg | ||
Youth career | |||
Young Callies | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Durban Ladies | |||
University of Johannesburg | |||
National team | |||
2007– | South Africa | 68 | (21) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2014. † Appearances (goals) |
Amanda Dlamini is a South African women's footballer and plays as a midfielder. She plays for University of Johannesburg.[1] She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics[2]
Early career
Dlamini was born in Harding in KwaZulu Natal. She started playing soccer in 1999 for a boys' team, Young Callies.[3]
International career
She made her debut for the senior national team in 2007 in a 5-0 loss to Nigeria in an Olympic qualifier. She scored her first international goal against Netherlands.[4] She was the top goalscorer of the 2008 Sasol Women's League. She was part of the squads that won bronze and silver medals at the 2010 African Women's Championship and 2012 African Women's Championship. She was the captain of the national team between 2011 and 2013.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.sasolinsport.com/banyana/player-profiles/amanda-dlamini
- ↑ http://www.footballzz.com/equipa.php?id=71420&edicao_id=23944
- ↑ http://www.thenewage.co.za/mobi/Detail.aspx?NewsID=31347&CatID=15
- ↑ http://www.thenewage.co.za/mobi/Detail.aspx?NewsID=31347&CatID=15
- ↑ http://www.safa.net/index.php?page=articles&id=2227
External links
- Amanda Dlamini – FIFA competition record