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Cape Town Roses
Cape Town Roses F.C. is a women's soccer club based in Gugulethu, Gugulethu, Western Cape. The team competes in the Sasol Women's League, the second tier women's football league in South Africa. The team is best known for fielding young players. They won their maiden national title at the 2014 Sasol League National Championship in Gqeberha. History The team was founded in 1998 by primary school teacher Xolane Madikane, who also serves as coach, as an Extracurricular activity, after school girls program. Madikane initially was coaching the boys team at Lwazi Primary School and allowed a few girls to join in. As the number of girls grew, he started a girls team that would also be open to girls from outside the school to join. During the 2022 season, the team won the Cape Town leg of the ENGEN Knockout Challenge, Engen Knockout Challenge, the Golden United Tournament, and the Stan Mathews Cup. In 2023, they successfully defended the Cape Town Engen Knockout Challenge after defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelona Daweti
Lelona "Kokota Lelo" Daweti (born 8 September 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team. Club career Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2022, she joined SAFA Women's League side 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 She was added to the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Best XI.Later in the year she won her maiden SAFA Women's League title with Sundowns. In 2023, she was part of the team that won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League. Daweti was joint top scorer at the tournament with 3 goals. She suffered an injury that ruled her out for the reminder of the season. International career In 2017, she was selected in the Basetsana squad for the U/20 World Cup Qualifiers. In 2022, Daweti competed for the South Africa women's national soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Shithula
Dina ( ar, دينا, he, דִּינָה, also spelled Dinah, Dena, Deena) is a female given name. Women * Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929–2019), Queen consort of Jordan, first wife of King Hussein * Princess Dina Mired of Jordan (born 1965), Princess of Jordan, wife of Prince Mired bin Ra'ad * Dina Asher-Smith (born 1995), British sprinter and British 100m & 200m record holder * Dina Averina (born 1998), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Dina Babbitt (1923–2009), Czechoslovakian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor * Dina Lowinger (born late 2000s), Famous Australian socialite * Dina Bélanger (1897–1929), Canadian beatified Catholic nun, mystic and musician * Dina Chandidas, a medieval poet of Bengal * Chhan Dina (born 1984), Cambodian painter and sculptor * Dina Bonnevie (born 1961), Filipina actress * Dina Carroll (born 1968), English singer * Dina Doron, Israeli actress * Dina Eastwood (born 1965), American reporter, news anchor and reality TV star, ex-wife of Clint East ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Barker
Roxanne Kimberly Barker (born 6 May 1991) is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SC Heerenveen and the South Africa women's national team. Early life Pepperdine University Barker trained at the university level in the United States playing for the Pepperdine University women's college soccer team. Playing career Club After completing her studies, Barker was selected by Portland Thorns FC in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. Portland Thorns preferred Adelaide Gay as understudy to their experienced goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc. Barker played for the W-League club Pali Blues during her university holidays. She then returned to South Africa and played ten games for Maties FC, before taking up a professional contract in Iceland. Earlier in her career, Barker had played as a centre-back for Durban Ladies FC as well as in the position of goalkeeper. Barker signed up with the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Þór/KA for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Roxy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandra Smeda
Leandra Wiloma Smeda (pronounced Schmeda; born 22 July 1989) 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 winger for South Africa women's national team. On 10 November 2019, Smeda played her 100th match for South Africa against Japan. References External links * 1989 births Living people South African women's soccer players People from Bergrivier Local Municipality Women's association football wingers University of the Western Cape alumni South Africa women's international soccer players Olympic soccer players for South Africa Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Gintra Universitetas players South African expatriate women's soccer players South African expatria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noxolo Cesane
Noxolo Cesane (born 11 October 2000) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Hollywoodbet's Super League club University of the Western Cape Ladies FC and the South Africa women's national team. Personal life Cesane has a twin sister, Sinoxolo Cesane. Early life Cesane was born in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, and grew up in Gugulethu. Cesane grew up playing football with boys before joining girls' club Cape Town Roses FC with her twin sister Sinoxolo, both rising to the club's senior team by age 12. College career Cesane spent four years at the University of the Western Cape, where she played in the SAFA Women's League. Club career After participating in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Cesane drew interest from French club Stade de Reims. In September 2022, she signed a one-year contract with the club to play in France's top-flight Division 1 Féminine. In February 2023, seeking more playing time, she signed for Mexican side T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinoxolo Cesane
Sinoxolo Cesane (born 11 October 2000) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil side Mazatlán Femenil and the South Africa women's national team. Personal life She has an identical twin sister named Noxolo who is also a soccer player. She was born in Gugulethu. College career Cesane played for the Chattanooga Lady Red Wolves of the American USL W League and the East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer team. Club career In January 2024, she signed for Liga MX Femenil side Mazatlán Femenil. On 16 January 2024, she scored a brace in the 2-1 win over Cruz Azul which ended the club's 31-match winless run in Liga MX Femenil The Liga MX Femenil, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, this professional league has 18 teams, each coincidin .... International career In September 2023, she made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langa, South Africa
Langa is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "sun". The township was initially built in phases before being formally opened in 1927. It was developed as a result of South Africa's 1923 Urban Areas Act (more commonly known as the "pass laws"), which was designed to force Africans to move from their homes into segregated locations. Similar to Nyanga, Langa is one of the many areas in South Africa that were designated for Black Africans before the apartheid era. It is the oldest of such suburbs in Cape Town and was the location of much resistance to apartheid. Langa is also where several people were killed on 21 March 1960, the same day as the Sharpeville massacre, during the anti-pass campaign. On 21 March 2010, now 50 years later, a monument was unveiled by the government in remembrance of the people who died while on the protest march. Location Langa is bordered by the M17 (Jan Smuts Drive) to the west, the N2 to the south, and the M7 to the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasol Women's League
The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African Women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. It is semi-professional, and operates as a provincial league, with two "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa's nine provinces (in some cases, multiple streams per province), and each province's champion then competing in a single-location National Championship tournament. The championships two finalists are then promoted to the (professional, first-tier) SAFA Women's League, while the bottom two teams in each province'standingsare relegated to the SAFA Women's Regional League of their respective province. History The Sasol Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's League, in partnership with Absa Bank, in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances. Annual Champions As recorded by the league sponsor, since its founding 9 different teams from 5 provinces have won the Saso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engen Champ Of Champs
Engen (延元) was a Japanese era of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kenmu and before Kōkoku, lasting from February 1336 to April 1340.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Engen''" i ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 178 n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Reigning Emperors were Emperor Go-Daigo and Emperor Go-Murakami in the south and Emperor Kōmyō in the north. Nanboku-chō overview During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001) ''Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology,'' p. 199 n57 citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan.'' p. 140-147. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ENGEN Knockout Challenge
The ENGEN Knockout Challenge is an annual youth soccer tournament in South Africa hosted by Engen Petroleum in partnership with SAFA. First hosted in 2003, the tournament celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2023 and is one of the longest running youth tournaments in the country. The tournament serves as qualification for the ENGEN Champ of Champs where the winners of the nine provincial titles battle it out to be crowned Champ of Champs. In 2020, Engen announced the launch of the women's division to be contested by U/20 teams. The 2021 Cape Town leg saw the first women's champion crowned. Winners Johannesburg leg Men's U/17 Johannesburg leg Women's U/20 Cape Town leg men's U/17 Cape Town leg women's U/20 References {{reflist Youth football competitions Women's association football competitions Women's association football competitions in Africa Women's soccer in South Africa Soccer in South Africa Soccer competitions in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
