 Mndaweni in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thokozile Philadelphia Mndaweni | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Boksburg, South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TS Galaxy Queens (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | University of Johannesburg | ||
| Palace Super Falcons | |||
| Moroka Swallows | |||
| -2022 | Croesus Ladies | ||
| 2022-2023 | JVW | ||
| International career | |||
| 200?– | South Africa | 89 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022-2023 | JVW F.C. (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2024- | TS Galaxy Queens (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2014 | |||
Thokozile Philadelphia Mndaweni (born 8 August 1981) is a former South African women's footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She is the highest capped women's goalkeeper in South Africa with 89 caps.[1] She is currently the goalkeeping coach at TS Galaxy Queens.
She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics[2] She is well known for a saving a penalty and later converting her own spot kick during South Africa's win on penalties in the Olympic qualifier return leg match in Tunis in April 2011.[3]
Club career
[edit]Mndaweni played for Sasol Women's League side Croesus Ladies where she was a player-coach helping them to a fourth place finish at the 2021 Sasol League National Championship.[4] In April 2022 she joined JVW as a player-coach.[5]
International career
[edit]Mndaweni is capped 89 times for the South African women's national team. She is the highest capped goalkeeper as of March 2025.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]JVW
[edit]In 2022 she joined JVW as a player-coach.[5]
TS Galaxy Queens
[edit]In 2024 she joined SAFA Women's League side TS Galaxy Queens as their goalkeeping coach.
Thokozile Mndaweni Coaching Clinic
[edit]Mndaweni runs the Thokozile Mndaweni Coaching Clinic and partnered with South African betting company Hollywoodbets in 2025 to support aspiring goalkeepers at grassroots level.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Thokozile Mndaweni | Banyana Banyana". www.sasolinsport.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
- ^ Team thefinalball.com
- ^ "SAFA.net".
- ^ "Mndaweni hopes to help Croesus to national title". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b Writer, FARPost (5 April 2022). "Banyana legend pens deal with JVW Girls". FARPost. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ derrick (3 December 2024). "Building Future Soccer Stars through the Thokozile Mndaweni Coaching Clinic". Hollywood Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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