Refiloe Jane

Refiloe ‘Fifinho’ 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.

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 109 (12)
Honours
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 10 November 2019

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]

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]

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.


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