Amanda Dlamini

Amandla Dlamini

Dlamini at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini
Date of birth	(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988
Place of birth	Harding, South Africa
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	JVW
Youth career
	Young Callies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Durban Ladies
	University of Johannesburg
International career
2007–	South Africa	96	(24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2016

Amanda Dlamini (born 22 July 1988) is a South African association football midfielder. She plays for JVW FC. She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early career

Dlamini was born in Harding in KwaZulu Natal. She started playing soccer in 1999 for a boys' team, Young Callies.

International career

She made her debut for the senior national team in 2007 in a 5-0 loss to Nigeria in an Olympic qualifier. She scored her first international goal against Netherlands. She was the top goalscorer of the 2008 Sasol Women's League. She was part of the squads that won bronze and silver medals at the 2010 African Women's Championship and 2012 African Women's Championship; at the 2010 championships she was named Most Valuable Player. She was the captain of the national team between 2011 and 2013.

In 2012 she founded the Amanda Dlamini Girls Foundation aiming to provide basic help to girls in rural areas.

External links

• Amanda Dlamini – FIFA competition record (archived)