Janine van Wyk
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Alberton, South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | JvW | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Springs Home Sweepers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
| Palace Super Falcons | |||
| 2013– | JvW | ||
| National team | |||
| 2005– | South Africa | 124 | (9) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2015. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Janine van Wyk (born 17 April 1987) is a South African women's footballer and plays as a defender. She plays for local club team JvW.[1] She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics[2]
Early life
Van Wyk was born in Alberton.[3] She grew up in Germiston and she started playing soccer at the age of 6. She attended Hoërskool Alberton, an Afrikaans medium school that did not play soccer. Her first girls team was Springs Home Sweepers based in KwaThema.[4]
Club career
A few years later she joined Mamelodi Sundowns and later Palace Super Falcons from Tembisa, where she was part of a team that won three consecutive league titles. She now plays for her own club JvW F.C..[4] She currently serves as player-coach for the club.[5]
International career
Van Wyk made her national team debut in 2005 against Nigeria in the African Women's Championship. Van Wyk scored a stunning free kick when Banyana recorded their first ever win over Nigeria since the women’s national team was formed in 1993. Van Wyk scored the only goal of that match, with Banyana knocking Nigeria out of the 2012 African Women's Championship.[6] Van Wyk played her 100th cap for South Africa against Namibia, winning 2-0.[7]
On 28 March 2016, she became South Africa's most capped player (male or female) when she made her 125th appearance against Cameroon.[8]
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References
- ↑ "Janine van Wyk". sasolinsport.com.
- ↑ "Janine Van Wyk". www.footballzz.com.
- ↑ "SAFA". safa.net.
- 1 2 "Banyana Banyana defender aims high". Tembisan.
- ↑ "Banyana captain gives back to football". southafrica.info.
- ↑ "Van Wyk set for Banyana Banyana century - News - Kick Off". kickoff.com.
- ↑ "Banyana down Namibia in Van Wyk's 100th". southafrica.info.
- ↑ "Banyana Banyana captain breaks SA record". SAFA. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
External links
- Janine van Wyk profile at Soccerway