Refiloe Jane
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 August 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Kliptown, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Colchester United | |||
Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
TUT Ladies | |||
2018–2019 | Canberra United | 10 | (2) |
2019–2022 | AC Milan | 45 | (3) |
2022– | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012– | South Africa | 134 | (16) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) |
Refiloe Jane (born 4 August 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the South Africa women's national team. She previously played for Tshwane University of Technology and Canberra United in the W-League in Australia. She married her long time girlfriend Christa Flora Kgamfe.
Club career
On 20 August 2018 to 2019, Canberra United announced they had signed Jane for the 2018–19 W-League Season. She joined the club alongside fellow South African Rhoda Mulaudzi, they are the first players from South Africa to play in the W-League.[1]
After parting ways with the Australian team Canberra United in April 2019, Refiloe signed for Italian Serie A Women's League outfit AC Milan on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[2]
International career
Jane represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics.[3] In September 2014, Jane was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[4]
Jane was named to the South African squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She played every minute of the team's three group games.[5]
In February 2019, Jane made her 100th appearance for South Africa.[6]
Career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Reference |
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1 | 2012 | Botswana | Friendly | [7] | |||
2 | 13 September 2014 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa | Botswana | 4–0 | 10–0 | Friendly | [8] |
3 | 22 October 2014 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia | Nigeria | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 African Women's Championship | [9] |
4 | 25 November 2016 | Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon | Egypt | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations | [10] |
5 | 21 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Zambia | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | [11] |
6 | 22 September 2018 | Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa | Cameroon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship | [12] |
7 | 2–1 | ||||||
8 | 7 October 2018 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | Chile | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | [13] |
9 | 21 November 2018 | Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana | Equatorial Guinea | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations | [14] |
Honours
South Africa
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022,[15] runner-up: 2012, 2018
Individual
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[16]
- IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[17]
References
- ^ "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Refiloe Jane: Banyana Banyana midfielder joins AC Milan | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Refiloe Jane". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC". Soccer Laduma. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "R.Jane". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Jane reaches 100 caps as she starts against Finland, Ellis makes six changes". South African Football Association. 27 February 2019.
- ^ "EXTRA TIME: Refiloe Jane makes a century of Banyana caps in draw with Finland | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Banyana thrash Botswana in 10-goal massacre". eNCA.
- ^ "Nigeria 2–1 South Africa". CAF. 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Banyana storm into AWCON semis". supersport.com.
- ^ "FT – Zambia 3 (3) South Africa 3 (5)".
- ^ "South Africa are 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship winners!".
- ^ "Jane Scores but 10-Player Banyana Lose 2–1 to Chile in Away Friendly". 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea 1–7 South Africa". CAF. 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
External links
- Refiloe Jane – FIFA competition record (archived)
- South Africa player profile
- Refiloe Jane on Twitter
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Soccer players from Soweto
- Women's association football defenders
- South African women's soccer players
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for South Africa
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- AC Milan Women players
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Canberra United FC players
- A-League Women players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- South African women's soccer biography stubs