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

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. She is the highest capped women's goalkeeper in South Africa with 89 caps. She is currently the goalkeeping coach at

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. She represented the

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at the

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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.

Club career

Mndaweni played for

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side Croesus Ladies where she was a player-coach helping them to a fourth place finish at the

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. In April 2022 she joined JVW as a player-coach.

International career

Mndaweni is capped 89 times for the South African women's national team. She is the highest capped goalkeeper as of March 2025.

Managerial career

JVW

In 2022 she joined JVW as a player-coach.

TS Galaxy Queens

In 2024 she joined

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side TS Galaxy Queens as their goalkeeping coach.

Thokozile Mndaweni Coaching Clinic

Mndaweni runs the Thokozile Mndaweni Coaching Clinic and partnered with South African betting company

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in 2025 to support aspiring goalkeepers at grassroots level.

References

Living people 1981 births Soccer players from Boksburg 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 21st-century South African sportswomen Association football goalkeeping coaches {{SouthAfrica-women-footy-bio-stub