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2019 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship is the seventh edition of the COSAFA Women's Championship, a women's international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It takes place from 31 July to 11 August in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. Participants Twelve of the fourteen COSAFA member took take part in the competition with Comoros entering the competition for the first time. Also rejoining the competition would be Eswatini who didn't compete in last year's tournament. The draw was held on 3 July. * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues Group stage The group stage is composed of three groups of four teams each. Group winners and the best runner-up amongst all groups advance to the semi-finals. * All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+2). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals Bronze medal match Final Statistics Goalscorer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racheal Nachula
Racheal Nachula (born 14 January 1986) is a Zambian footballer and former sprinter who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Zambia women's national team. Athletics Specialized in the 400 metres, Nachula won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, in a personal best time of 51.39 seconds. She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the 2008 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final round. She won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, recording a time of 53.34 seconds. |
South African Standard Time
South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00) and is the same as Central Africa Time. Daylight saving time is not observed in either time zone. Solar noon in this time zone occurs at 30° E in SAST, effectively making Pietermaritzburg at the correct solar noon point, with Johannesburg and Pretoria slightly west at 28° E and Durban slightly east at 31° E. Thus, most of South Africa's population experience true solar noon at approximately 12:00 daily. The western Northern Cape and Western Cape differ, however. Everywhere on land west of 22°30′ E effectively experiences year-round daylight saving time because of its location in true UTC+01:00 but still being in South African Standard Time. Sunrise and sunset are thus relatively late in Cape Town, compared to the rest of the country. To illustrate, daylight hours for South Africa's west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildah Magaia
Hildah Tholakele Magaia (born 16 December 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a striker for Sejong Sportstoto. Career Club career Magaia started her career with South African second-tier side Tuks. Before the 2017 season, Magaia signed for TUT in the South African top flight, helping their only league title. Magaia was voted the Best Player at the 2020 COSAFA Womens Championship tournament, earning herself a 2-year deal with Swedish club Morön BK. Before the 2022 season, she signed for Sejong Sportstoto in South Korea. International career Magaia represented South Africa at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Magaia was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that featured at the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Morocco. At the tourney, she scored a 63rd-minute winning goal in a 2–1 win Group C match against Nigeria's Super Falcons and also Scored 2 goals in the Final against Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Mthandi
Amanda Mthandi (born 23 May 1996) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for University of Johannesburg and the South Africa women's national team. Mthandi was born in Soweto and studied transportation management at the University of Johannesburg The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Te ... (UJ). She was named the UJ Sportswoman of the Year in 2019. International goals ''Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first'' References External links * 1996 births Living people South African women's soccer players Women's association football forwards South Africa women's international soccer players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players LGBT association football players South African LGBT sportspeople 21st-century South African LGBT peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambanani Mbane
Bambanani Nolufefe Mbane (born 12 March 1990) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team. Club career Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies She was part of the Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies squad that won the SAFA Women's League back-to-back during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. She was named the Queen of the Tournament in 2017. Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2021, Mbane joined Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and was part of the team that won the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League and were runner's up for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. She was named the Hollywoodbets Super League: Player of the Season in 2021 and made it to the Team of the Year (best XI for 2021).She was also nominated for the 2021 CAF Women Interclub Player of the Year award and 2021 CAF Women Player of the Year. In 2022, she was added to the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League Best XI and the Women's Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busisiwe Ndimeni
Busisiwe Ndimeni (born 25 June 1991) is a South African footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ... for TUT-PTA and the South Africa women's national team. References 1991 births Living people South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Women's association football forwards Russian Women's Football Championship players Zvezda 2005 Perm players South African expatriate women's soccer players South African expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate women's footballers in Russia 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{SouthAfrica-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refiloe Jane
Refiloe Jane (born 4 August 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the South African women's national team which she captains. Personal life She married Christa Flora Kgamphe on 18 June 2021. Club career Canberra United On 20 August 2018 to 2019, Canberra United announced they had signed Jane for the 2018–19 W-League Season. She joined the club alongside fellow South African Rhoda Mulaudzi, they are the first players from South Africa to play in the W-League. AC Milan After parting ways with the Australian team Canberra United in April 2019, Refiloe signed for Italian Serie A Women's League outfit AC Milan on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Sassuolo In August 2022, she joined Italian Serie A side Sassuolo. International career Jane represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics. In September 2014, Jane was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamello Makhabane
Mamello Makhabane (born 24 February 1988) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team. Playing career Makhabane was included into the national team in 2005. After helping South Africa qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Makhabane was unable to participate in the tournament due to a groin injury sustained in September 2011. In September 2014, she was named to the senior team roster in preparation for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea .... She made her 100th appearance for South Africa in August 2019. References External links South Africa player profile Living people 1988 births People from Matjhabeng Local Municipality Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanifa Melanie
Hanifa (حنيفة) is an Arabic given name, the feminine form of Hanif, which means "incline" (to the right religion, i.e. Islam). It may refer to: * Abu Hanifa, founder of Hanafi school of jurisprudence * V. M. C. Haneefa, Indian actor * Hənifə, Azerbaijan * Hanifa Deen, Australian writer * Hanifa Yousoufi, Afghan mountaineer * Hanifa Mavlianova, Russian singer See also * Hanafi (other) * Hanife Hanife is a female name of Turkish origin. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic name Hanifa, the feminine form of Hanif, which means "bend" (to the right religion). Given name * Hanife Çetiner (1938–2011), Turkish fashion designer * Hanife ..., name {{dab, surname Arabic-language feminine given names Feminine given names Bosnian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ode Fulutudilu
Ode Fulutudilu (born 6 February 1990) is a soccer player who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Betis and the South Africa women's national team. She has previously played for clubs in South Africa, Finland, Spain, Scotland, and France. She made her debut for South Africa in 2014 and was a member of their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she and her family initially arrived in South Africa as refugees. Early life Ode Fulutudilu was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 6 February 1990. When she was three years old, her family left the country due to unrest and went to neighbouring Angola as refugees, before moving on to Cape Town in South Africa the following year. Fulutudilu's father was unable to find work in South Africa and eventually returned to Angola, but left her behind as he felt she would have a better future there. She subsequently grew up in a children's home. Having become interested in football when s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiisetso Makhubela
Tiisetso Martha Makhubela (born 24 April 1997) is a South African soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team. Club career Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2021, she joined Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and was part of the team that were runner's up for the 2022 Cosafa Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. In 2023, she was part of the squad that won the 2023 Cosafa Women's Champions League. International career Makhubela was part of the South African women's national team at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations were they finished in second place. In 2019, she represented the country at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She was part of the South African women's national team at 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations where they won their first continental title in Morocco. In 2023, she was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that reached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainab Kapanda
Zainab may refer to: * Zainab (given name) Zaynab, also spelled as Zainab, Zayneb, Zeinab, Zenab, Zineb, Zinab, Zynab, Zaineb, Zaneb, Zaynob ( ar, زينب, ) is an Arabic female given name meaning "a fragrant flower". Zaynab is the name of a daughter and a granddaughter of the Islamic pr ..., an Arabic female given name * Zainab (surname), an Arabic surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |