Nonhlanhla Mthandi Explained

Nohlanhla Mthandi
Birth Date:19 August 1995
Birth Place:Kagiso
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Mamelodi Sundowns
Clubnumber:21
Clubs1:Mamelodi Sundowns
Years1:2015
Nationalteam1:South Africa
Nationalyears1:2020-
Youthclubs1:Lusaka Ladies
Years2:2016
Clubs2:Alexandra’s Bluebirds
Clubs3:Mamelodi Sundowns
Goals2:1
Years3:2019-

Nonhlanhla Mthandi (also Nhlanhla; born 19 August 1995) is a South African professional soccer player and football freestyler who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.[1]

Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2015, Mthandi joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.

Alexandra Bluebirds

In 2016, she left Sundowns Ladies and joined Sasol Women's League side Alexandra Bluebirds in order to get more game time. She scored on debut in an away match against Aqua Ladies.[2]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2021, she was part of the treble winning Sundowns Ladies team. She scored in the final of the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League as they won 3-0 against Black Rhino Queens from Zimbabwe.[3] This win qualified them to the CAF Women's Champions League held in Cairo, Egypt. The team won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League.[4] They completed the treble by defending their Hollywoodbets Super League title in December 2021.[5]

In 2022, she starred in the clubs documentary Banyana ba Style: The First Queens of African Football. The film celebrates the journey of the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies players as they achieved the historic milestone of claiming the first ever CAF Women’s Champions League.

They were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League.[6] [7] They won the Hollywoodbets Super League for the third consecutive year in November 2022.[8]

In 2023, they won their second treble starting with the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Mthandi scoring twice in the tournament. They reclaimed their Champions League title when they won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. They completed the treble with the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League title in December.[9]

International career

Mthandi competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were crowned champions.[10] She was one of the scorers in the 7-0 crashing of Comoros at the tournament.

In 2022, she was part of the team that were runners-up to Zambia at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship.[11]

International goals

Honours

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

References

  1. Web site: Nonhlanhla Mthandi :: Sundowns :: Player Profile :: playmakerstats.com . 2023-12-31 . www.playmakerstats.com . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Import . Pongrass . 2016-09-12 . 'Gaddafi' eyes Banyana at Birds . 2024-03-14 . Alex News . en-US.
  3. Web site: Times . iDiski . 2021-09-04 . Sundowns Book CAFWCL Finals Spot . 2023-12-31 . iDiski Times . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2021-11-20 . Caf Women's Champions League: Mamelodi Sundowns beat Hasaacas to rule Africa Goal.com South Africa . 2023-12-31 . www.goal.com . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: Voice . Diski . 2021-12-05 . Sundowns Crowned Champions OF Hollywoodbets Super League Diski Voice . 2023-12-31 . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2022-08-13 . EN, FR, PR: Green Buffaloes stun Mamelodi Sundowns to win regional title . 2023-12-31 . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2022-11-13 . AS FAR stun nine-woman Mamelodi Sundowns to clinch 2022 Caf Women's Champions League title Goal.com South Africa . 2023-12-31 . www.goal.com . en-ZA.
  8. Web site: Times . iDiski . 2022-11-28 . Final Hollywoodbets Super League Wrap . 2023-12-31 . iDiski Times . en-US.
  9. Web site: Pillay . Alicia . 2023-12-31 . Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Ready for More Success after 2023 Triumph . 2023-12-31 . gsport4girls . en-ZA.
  10. Web site: 2020-11-02 . Banyana Banyana 2020 COSAFA Women's Cup squad: - SAFA.net . 2023-12-29 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Writer . KickOff . Zambia pip Banyana to COSAFA crown . 2024-01-01 . KickOff . en-US.