Andile Dlamini
South African soccer player (born 1992)
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Andile ‘Sticks’ Dlamini (born 2 September 1992) is a South African singer and soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.[1]
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Dlamini during WAFCON 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tembisa, South Africa | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Phomolong Ladies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010– | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011– | South Africa | 69 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) | |||
Personal life
Club career
Andile Dlamini took up professional football after playing against the South Africa women's national under-20 football team; she was subsequently selected for the team.[3] Nicknamed "Sticks", she previously played for Phomolong Ladies.[2]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Dlamini joined Sundowns Ladies in 2010.
In September 2021, she was part of the team that won the 2021 COSAFA Women's Champions League.[6] In November 2021, they won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League.[7] Dlamini was award goal keeper of the tournament and made it to the team of the tournament.[8]
In 2022, the team were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League.[9][10]
In September 2023, they won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Dlamini winning goal keeper of the tournament.[11] In November 2023, they won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions league for the second time with Dlamini winning goal keeper of the tournament and making it into the team of the tournament again.[12]
International career
She made her first appearance for the South Africa women's national football team against Botswana in 2011.[2] Dlamini has routinely been the reserve goalkeeper for the team, with Thokozile Mndaweni and Roxanne Barker taking the first time spots. This has meant that although Dlamini has been named to the squads of both the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she did not play any time at all during either tournaments.[13] She was disappointed when South Africa were eliminated from the 2015 All Africa Games in the first round through a drawing after each team in the group stage drew all their games.[14]
Following the arrival of coach Desiree Ellis, it was suggested that Dlamini could have a better chance of becoming the first choice goalkeeper, especially after Barker was released later than expected for friendlies and the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations tournament.[13]
She starred in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations where the team won their maiden continental title and was named the goal keeper of the tournament.[15]
In the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations she helped the team reach the semi-finals in the penalty shootout against Senegal after the match ended in a goalless draw. Dlamini saved two penalties.[16]
International clean sheets
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 June 2025 | Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |  Zambia | 2–0 | Three Nations Challenge |
| 2. | 7 July 2025 | Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco |  Ghana | 2–0 | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
| 3. | 14 July 2025 | Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco |  Mali | 4–0 | |
| 4. | 28 October 2025 | Dobsonville Stadium, Dobsonville, South Africa |  DR Congo | 1–0 | 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | 30 November 2025 | Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco |  Morocco | 2–0 | Friendly |
Music
She appeared in season 2 of The Masked Singer South Africa as Rainbow where she was the seventh contestant unmasked.[17]
Honours
South Africa
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022, runner-up: 2012, 2018[18]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
- SAFA Women's League: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- CAF Women's Champions League: 2021, 2023; runner-up: 2022
Individual
- Sasol League National Championship Best Goalkeeper: 2013
- SAFA Women's League Goal Keeper of the Season: 2019–20
- CAF Women's Champions League Best Goalkeeper: 2021, 2023
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[19]
- IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[20]
- Gauteng Sports Personality of the Year: 2022[21]
- Gauteng Women in Sports Sportswoman of the Year: 2022[22]
- Tshwane Sports Women of the Year: 2022[22]
- Momentum Athlete of the Year: 2023[23]
- Feather Awards Sports Personality of the Year: 2023[24][25]
- CAF Women's Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2023[12]
- CAF Team of the Year Women's XI: 2023,[26] 2024[27]