Refiloe Jane

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Refiloe Jane
Refiloe Jane in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Soweto, South Africa
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Milan
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colchester United L.F.C
Mamelodi Sundowns
Vaal University of Technology
2018–2019 Canberra United 10 (2)
2019- Milan 15 (2)
International career‡
2012– South Africa 109 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019

Refiloe Jane (born 4 August 1992) is a South African football midfielder. She plays for A.C. Milan in the Italian Serie A Women's League and the South Africa women's national football team. She previously played for Vaal University of Technology and Canberra United in the W-League in Australia.

Club career

On 20 August 2018, 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]

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reference
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]

References

  1. ^ "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Refiloe Jane: Banyana Banyana midfielder joins AC Milan | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Refiloe Jane". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC". Soccer Laduma. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  5. ^ "R.Jane". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Jane reaches 100 caps as she starts against Finland, Ellis makes six changes". South African Football Association. 27 February 2019.
  7. ^ "EXTRA TIME: Refiloe Jane makes a century of Banyana caps in draw with Finland | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  8. ^ "Banyana thrash Botswana in 10-goal massacre". eNCA.
  9. ^ "Nigeria 2–1 South Africa". CAF. 22 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Banyana storm into AWCON semis". supersport.com.
  11. ^ "FT – Zambia 3 (3) South Africa 3 (5)".
  12. ^ "South Africa are 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship winners!".
  13. ^ "Jane Scores but 10-Player Banyana Lose 2–1 to Chile in Away Friendly". 7 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Equatorial Guinea 1–7 South Africa". CAF. 21 November 2018.

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