Nonhlanhla Mthandi
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 Mthandi for South Africa in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kagiso, Gauteng, South Africa | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lusaka Ladies | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2016 | Alexandra’s Bluebirds | (1) | |
| 2019- | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | South Africa | (3) | |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 April 2025 | |||
Nonhlanhla Mthandi (also Nhlanhla; born 19 August 1995) is a South African professional soccer player and football freestyler who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
In 2015, Mthandi joined Sasol Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
Alexandra Bluebirds
In 2016, she left Sundowns Ladies and joined Sasol Women's League side Alexandra Bluebirds in order to get more game time. She scored on debut in an away match against Aqua Ladies.[1]
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
In 2021, she was part of the treble winning Sundowns Ladies team. She scored in the final of the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League as they won 3-0 against Black Rhino Queens from Zimbabwe.[2] This win qualified them to the CAF Women's Champions League held in Cairo, Egypt. The team won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League.[3] They completed the treble by defending their Hollywoodbets Super League title in December 2021.[4]
In 2022, she starred in the clubs documentary Banyana ba Style: The First Queens of African Football. The film celebrates the journey of the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies players as they achieved the historic milestone of claiming the first ever CAF Women’s Champions League.
They were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League.[5][6] They won the Hollywoodbets Super League for the third consecutive year in November 2022.[7]
In 2023, they won their second treble starting with the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Mthandi scoring twice in the tournament. They reclaimed their Champions League title when they won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. They completed the treble with the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League title in December.[8]
