Andisiwe “Gudluza” Mgcoyi (born 16 June 1988) is a South African

soccer player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward for Kosovan club

KFF Mitrovica KFF Mitrovica ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik për Femra Mitrovica), commonly known as Mitrovica is a women's football club based in Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club play in the Kosovo Women's Football League, which is the top tier of football in the count ...

. She represented the

South Africa women's national soccer team The South Africa women's national soccer team, nicknamed ''Banyana Banyana'' (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. Their first official match was held on 30 May 1993 agai ...

at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Career

Club

Mgcoyi played for

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football ...

in the

Sasol League Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg, South Africa and built on processes that were first developed by German chemists and engineers in the early ...

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. She joined

Nové Zámky Nové Zámky (; hu, Érsekújvár; german: Neuhäus ; la, Novum Castrum; tr, Uyvar) is a town in Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of southwestern Slovakia. Geography The town is located on the Danubian Lowland, on the Nitra River, ...

during the 2012/2013 season and immediately became an overnight sensation, scoring 13 goals in 10 matches to finish as the club's second top goalscorer and also helping the club win their first Slovak Women's First League title. She also represented her club in the

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...

qualifying round and as of 12 August 2013 she had 1 goal in 3 matches. After leaving Nové Zámky, Mgcoyi has had a spell with Hungarian team Dorogi Diófa, a return to Mamelodi Sundowns and, most recently, a loan to German side

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...

International

Mgcoyi was also instrumental in South Africa's quest to win the

2012 African Women's Championship The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea. Qualification A total of ...

after finishing runners up in 2006 and 2008. She was the spearhead of the team as she scored a hat trick against DR Congo winning 4-1 but the team lost to Equatorial Guinea in the final.

References

Living people 1988 births Women's association football forwards South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of South Africa South African expatriate women's soccer players South African expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate women's footballers in Slovakia FK Union Nové Zámky players 1. FC Saarbrücken (women) players Slovak Women's First League players 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players Sportspeople from Johannesburg KFF Mitrovica players {{SouthAfrica-women-footy-bio-stub