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 Africa women's national team. She previously played for Tshwane University of Technology and Canberra United in the W-League in Australia. She married her long time girlfriend Christa Flora Kgamfe.

Club career

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.[1]

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.[2]

International career

Jane represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics.[3] In September 2014, Jane was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[4]

Jane was named to the South African squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She played every minute of the team's three group games.[5]

In February 2019, Jane made her 100th appearance for South Africa.[6]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReference
12012 BotswanaFriendly[7]
213 September 2014Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa Botswana4–010–0Friendly[8]
322 October 2014Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Nigeria1–21–22014 African Women's Championship[9]
425 November 2016Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon Egypt3–05–02016 Africa Women Cup of Nations[10]
521 September 2017Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Zambia3–33–32017 COSAFA Women's Championship[11]
622 September 2018Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa Cameroon1–02–12018 COSAFA Women's Championship[12]
72–1
87 October 2018Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Chile1–11–2Friendly[13]
921 November 2018Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Equatorial Guinea3–17–12018 Africa Women Cup of Nations[14]

Honours

South Africa

Individual

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[16]
  • IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[17]

References

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


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