Zanele Portia Nhlapho (born 24 June 1991) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns, where she is the current captain, and the South Africa women's national team.

Club career

KF Apolonia

In 2019, she played for

Albanian Women's National Championship The Albanian National Football Championship for Women ( Albanian: ''Kampionati Kombëtar i Futbollit për Femra''), primarily referred to as the Albanian Women's National Championship, is the highest division of women's football in Albania. The l ...

side KF Apolonia Fier during the 2019/20 season when the side finished second in their league.

KFF Mitrovica

In 2020, she signed for

Kosovo Women's Football League The Women's Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit për Femra të Kosovës), also known as the SIGAL Women's Superleague ( sq, SIGAL Superliga e Femrave) for sponsorship reasons with SIGAL, is the top women's association footba ...

side KFF Mitrovica but the deal fall through due to COVID-19.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She then joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns and captained the side that won the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League and were runner's up for the

2022 CAF Women's Champions League The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League was the 2nd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by CAF held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022. The winners of this edition will automatically qua ...

. In 2021, she was nominated for the CAF Women Interclub Player of the Year award and made it to the 2021 CAF Women’s Champions League's team of the tournament. She captained the club to their second continental titles, the

2023 CAF Women's Champions League The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023. The winners ...

and

2023 Cosafa Women's Champions League The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers, commonly known as the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League, was the 3rd edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by COSAFA for its nations. It was ...

, and was added to the team of the tournament for 2023.They also won the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League title.

Honours

Club

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies * SAFA Women's League: 2013,2015,

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* CAF Women's Champions League:

runner-up:

KF Apolonia Fier *

: runners-up: 2019/20

Individual

* CAF Women's Champions League Team of the Tournament:

References

South African women's soccer players {{DEFAULTSORT:Nhlapho, Zanele 1991 births Living people Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies F.C. players Women's association football central defenders South African lesbian sportswomen South African LGBTQ footballers 21st-century South African women 21st-century South African LGBTQ people SAFA Women's League players