Gabisile Hlumbane

Gabisile Hlumbane

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-12-20) 20 December 1986
Place of birth	KwaThema, South Africa
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	University of the Free State
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2005	KwaThema Ladies
2005–	University of the Free State
International career
2010–	South Africa	44	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2014

Gabisile Hlumbane is a former South African women's footballer who played as a midfielder. She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics.

Hlumbane was born in KwaThema, Gauteng. She started playing soccer at the age of 11 for KwaThema Ladies. Her father bought soccer boots and watched her play regularly while her mother didn't like the fact that she played soccer.

She joined Kovsie Ladies in 2005 after being named the Gauteng Schools Sports Girl of the Year in 2004 for scoring 8 goals in a tournament. She was recruited by the chairwoman of women's football, Nomsa Mahlangu.

At the University of the Free State she studied municipal financial management, she was also the captain and teammate of the late Eudy Simelane who nicknamed her China for her small eyes.

In 2011, she was named the University of Free State Sportswoman of the Year, the first black person to achieve the feat and was also nominated for Free State Sportswoman of the Year.