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Refiloe Jane

South African soccer player (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Refiloe Jane
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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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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]

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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.

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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

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Honours

South Africa

Individual

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[24]
  • IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[25]
  • Women's Africa XI: 2023[26]

References

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