Refiloe Jane
South African soccer player (born 1992)
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Refiloe Jane (born 4 August 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and captain for the South African women's national team. She plays for SAFA Women's League club TS Galaxy Queens.
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Jane with South Africa in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Kliptown, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TS Galaxy Queens | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Colchester United | |||
| 2012 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| TUT Ladies | |||
| 2018–2019 | Canberra United | 10 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | AC Milan | 45 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Sassuolo | 29 | (3) |
| 2025– | TS Galaxy Queens | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | South Africa | 134 | (16) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) | |||
Club career
Canberra United
From 20 August 2018 to 2019, Canberra United announced that it 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]
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.[2]
Sassuolo
In August 2022, she joined Italian Serie A side Sassuolo.[3] After two seasons at the club, she left in the summer of 2024, seeking a new challenge.[4]
TS Galaxy Queens
She returned from being sidelined for 10 months due to an injury by signing with SAFA Women's League side TS Galaxy Queens. Jane made her debut on 15 March 2025 and assisted the first goal in a 2-0 win over First Touch.[5][6]
International career
Jane represented South Africa at the 2012 London Olympics.[7] In September 2014, Jane was named to the roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship in Namibia.[8]
Jane was named in the South African squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics and played every minute of the team's three group games.[9] In February 2019, Jane made her 100th appearance for South Africa.[10]
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.[11][12] Jane played the opening two games, a 2-1 defeat to Sweden and 2-2 draw against Argentina, where she exited Dunedin Stadium in New Zealand on a stretcher after a tough collision with Argentine midfielder Florencia Bonsegundo.[13] South Africa went on to beat Italy 3-2 without Jane, but bowed out in the last-16 to the Netherlands on a 2-0 scoreline.
Personal life
She married Christa Kgamphe on 18 June 2021.[14] [15]
Career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 |  Botswana | Friendly | [16] | |||
| 2 | 13 September 2014 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa | Botswana | 4–0 | 10–0 | Friendly | [17] |
| 3 | 22 October 2014 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Nigeria | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 African Women's Championship | [18] |
| 4 | 25 November 2016 | Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon |  Egypt | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations | [19] |
| 5 | 21 September 2017 | Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |  Zambia | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship | [20] |
| 6 | 22 September 2018 | Wolfson Stadium, KwaZakele, South Africa |  Cameroon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship | [21] |
| 7 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 8 | 7 October 2018 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile |  Chile | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | [22] |
| 9 | 21 November 2018 | Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana |  Equatorial Guinea | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations | [23] |
| 10 | 14 July 2025 | Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco |  Mali | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
