Ntsopa Mokoena (born 17 August 2004) is a
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player from South Africa, who plays as a forward.
Personal life
Ntsopa Mokoena was born and raised in the
Free State city of Bethlehem.
She is a former student of
Bethlehem Voortrekker Hoërskool.
Career
Senior national team
Mokoena received her first call up to the
national team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
during a tour to
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
in December 2022. She made her debut during a test series against
Italy
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, and followed this up with an appearance at the inaugural
FIH Nations Cup.
Under–21
Mokoena made her debut for the
South Africa U–21 in 2023 at the
Junior Africa Cup in
Ismailia
Ismailia ( ar, الإسماعيلية ', ) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city has a population of 1,406,699 (or approximately 750,000, includi ...
.
International goals
References
External links
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2004 births
Living people
South African female field hockey players
Female field hockey forwards
21st-century South African women
South African Sotho people