Jabulile Baloyi is a

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n former player and professional soccer manager who is the current head coach of

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side the University of the Free State. In 2018 she led

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to the USSA title and defended it in 2019.

Career

Baloyi competed for

in the 2002 African Women's Championship qualifiers.

Managerial career

University of Johannesburg

In February 2017 she joined the

as head coach. Her team were runners-up for the 2017 Women's Varsity Football where they lost 4-0 in the final to

Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; ) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. As the number of ...

. She led the university to the USSA title in 2018 and defended it in 2019.

South Africa women's under-20

She coached the South Africa women's under-20 team for the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification where the team exited in the third round after a 1-0 defeat and 0-0 draw against

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Stellenbosch University

In October 2021 she joined

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as head coach.

University of the Free State

In April 2023 she joined Sasol Women's League side the

University of the Free State The University of the Free State (; Sotho language, Sesotho: ''Yunivesithi ya Freistata'') is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It wa ...

. Baloyi led the team to their maiden Free State Sasol Women's League title and qualified them for their maiden

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Honours

University of Johannesburg * University Sport South Africa: 2018, 2019 * Women's Varsity Football: runners-up: 2017 University of the Free State * Free State Sasol Women's League:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baloyi, Jabulile Living people South African soccer managers Women's association football managers Women's sports coaches Female association football managers People from Soweto South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Year of birth missing (living people)