| Liné Malan | |
| Birth Date: | 1992 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
| Height: | 165cm |
| Position: | Midfield |
| Years1: | 2019– |
| Clubs1: | Perth Thundersticks |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | South Africa U–21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | South Africa |
| Nationalcaps2: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Liné Malan (born 20 June 1992)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa, who plays as a midfielder.[2] [3]
Liné Malan was born in the United Kingdom. At the age of three, her family moved to Paarl, South Africa.[4] [3]
Her brother, Dawid, is an international cricketer for England.[5]
Malan has played domestically in South Africa, England and Australia.[4]
In 2017 she was a member of the Wineland Wings in season two of the South African Premier Hockey League.[6]
Following her move to Australia in 2018, Malan has been a regular fixture in the national league for Western Australian teams the WA Diamonds in the AHL,[7] and the Perth Thundersticks in the Sultan Bran Hockey One League.[8]
Liné Malan made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team in 2013 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Mönchengladbach.[9]
Malan made her debut for the national team in 2015, during a test event against Chile and Belgium in Cape Town.[9] [2] She followed this up with an appearance at the 2014–15 FIH World League Semi-finals in Valencia.[4]
She last represented the national team in 2016 during the Cape Town Summer Series.[9]