Rhoda Mulaudzi
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 2 December 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Venda, Malonga Village, Ha-Muligidi, South Africa[2] | ||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
| 2018–2019 | Canberra United | 12 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Apollon Ladies | ||
| 2020 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 18 | (36) |
| 2020–2021 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | (1) |
| 2021- | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | South Africa | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022- | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy | ||
| 2024- | South Africa W u17 (assistant) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2019 | |||
Rhoda Mulaudzi[4] (born 2 December 1989) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the South Africa women's national team.[5][6][7][8][9]
In 2020 she was named the inaugural South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.[10]
Club career
[edit]Canberra United
[edit]On 20 August 2018, Canberra United announced they had signed Mulaudzi for the 2018–19 W-League Season. She joined the club alongside fellow South African Refiloe Jane; they are the first players from South Africa to play in the W-League.[11]
Dinamo Minsk
[edit]She joined the club in 2020 and won the Belarus Women’s Cup with the club.[12]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
[edit]She joined Sundowns Ladies in 2021 and was part of the team that were runners-up at the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. She suffered a meniscus injury in the final that kept her on the sidelines for 14-months.[13]
International career
[edit]Mulaudzi made her senior debut for South Africa during the 2015 African Games on 7 September that year in a 1–1 draw against Cameroon.[14]
Managerial career
[edit]Mulaudzi was named the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy coach for the 2024 season. She won the inaugural under 14 Gauteng Women's Development League.[15]
Honours
[edit]Dinamo Minsk
- Belarus Women's Cup: 2020
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
- CAF Women's Champions League: runners-up: 2022
- SAFA Women's League: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Managerial
- Gauteng Women's Development League U/14: 2024
Individual
- South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ Rhoda Mulaudzi at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "On the ball with Rhoda Mulaudzi". Mamelodi Sundowns. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Info System: Athletes / MULAUDZI Rhoda". Universiade 2013.
- ^ "Rhoda Mulaudzi". CAF. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Mulaudzi Reveals Career Challenges & Insights Into Historic Downs Return". soccerladuma.co.za. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Rhoda Mulaudzi talks growth, challenges and Belarus". news24.com.
- ^ "Banyana Banyana striker Mulaudzi thought Uefa Champions League dream was a scam". goal.com.
- ^ "The African Princess In Football". forbesafrica.com. 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Canberra United resurrects international career of Rhoda Mulaudzi". smh.com.au. 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Banyana Banyana's Mulaudzi crowned Women Footballer of the Year - SAFA.net". 2 September 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Sport24, Sibusiso Mjikeliso-. "Banyana star Rhoda Mulaudzi says she's blessed, after a hat-trick of major honours". Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rhoda Mulaudzi settling well after 14-month injury lay-off | soccer". SABC. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ www.realnet.co.uk (10 September 2015). "Banyana draw 0–0 with Ghana in All Africa Games". Kick Off. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Pongco, Siya (3 July 2024). "SuperSport Schools Plus | Coach Rhoda Mulaudzi: "Congratulations to JVW, every time we play them its a war"". SuperSport Schools Plus. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- South African Venda people
- Soccer players from Soweto
- South African women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- A-League Women players
- Canberra United FC players
- South Africa women's international soccer players
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- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for South Africa
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- South African expatriate sportspeople in Australia
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- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Apollon Ladies F.C. players
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