Thokozile Mndaweni (born 8 August 1981) is a South African women's footballer who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. She plays for Croesus Ladies. She represented the

South Africa women's national football 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 ...

She is well known for a saving a penalty and later converting her own spot kick during South Africa's win on penalties in the Olympic qualifier return leg match in

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in April 2011.

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Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Boksburg Soccer players from Gauteng Women's association football goalkeepers South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for South Africa {{SouthAfrica-women-footy-bio-stub