Refiloe Jane
Jane with South Africa in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992
Place of birth Kliptown, South Africa
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colchester United
Mamelodi Sundowns
TUT Ladies
2018–2019 Canberra United 10 (2)
2019–2022 AC Milan 45 (3)
2022– Sassuolo 1 (0)
International career‡
2012– South Africa 134 (16)
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place2012 Equatorial Guinea
Second place2018 Ghana
First place2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Refiloe Jane (born 4 August 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the South African women's national team which she captains.

Personal life

She married Christa Flora Kgamphe on 18 June 2021.[1]

Club career

Canberra United

On 20 August 2018 to 2019, 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.[2]

AC Milan

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.[3]

Sassuolo

In August 2022, she joined Italian Serie A side Sassuolo.[4]

International career

Jane represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics.[5] In September 2014, Jane was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[6]

Jane was named in the South African squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics and played every minute of the team's three group games.[7]In February 2019, Jane made her 100th appearance for South Africa.[8]

She captained the South African women's national team at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations where they won their first continental title and the 2023 FIFA Women's World cup where they reached the last 16.[9][10]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReference
12012 BotswanaFriendly[11]
213 September 2014Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa Botswana4–010–0Friendly[12]
322 October 2014Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Nigeria1–21–22014 African Women's Championship[13]
425 November 2016Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon Egypt3–05–02016 Africa Women Cup of Nations[14]
521 September 2017Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Zambia3–33–32017 COSAFA Women's Championship[15]
622 September 2018Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa Cameroon1–02–12018 COSAFA Women's Championship[16]
72–1
87 October 2018Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Chile1–11–2Friendly[17]
921 November 2018Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Equatorial Guinea3–17–12018 Africa Women Cup of Nations[18]

Honours

South Africa

Individual

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[19]
  • IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[20]
  • Women's Africa XI: 2023[21]

References

  1. ↑ Karimi, Cindy (10 August 2023). "Who is Refiloe Jane's wife? Exploring her personal life". The South African. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Refiloe Jane: Banyana Banyana midfielder joins AC Milan | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Mzoughi, Wajih (6 August 2022). "Midfielder Refiloe Jane joins Sassuolo". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Refiloe Jane". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pauw Names Banyana Squad For AWC". Soccer Laduma. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "R.Jane". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jane reaches 100 caps as she starts against Finland, Ellis makes six changes". South African Football Association. 27 February 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Banyana Banyana Doctor gives update on Refiloe Jane injury. - SAFA.net". 30 July 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "EXTRA TIME: Refiloe Jane makes a century of Banyana caps in draw with Finland | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  12. ↑ "Banyana thrash Botswana in 10-goal massacre". eNCA.
  13. ↑ "Nigeria 2–1 South Africa". CAF. 22 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Banyana storm into AWCON semis". supersport.com.
  15. ↑ "FT – Zambia 3 (3) South Africa 3 (5)".
  16. ↑ "South Africa are 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship winners!".
  17. ↑ "Jane Scores but 10-Player Banyana Lose 2–1 to Chile in Away Friendly". 7 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea 1–7 South Africa". CAF. 21 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.


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