Sibulele Holweni
Appearance
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sibulele Cecilia Holweni[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 April 2001|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ibhayi, South Africa | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
UWC | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2018 | South Africa U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019– | South Africa | 21 | (16) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 February 2022 |
Sibulele Cecilia Holweni (born 28 April 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Sophakama/HPC and the South Africa women's national team.
International career
[edit]Holweni made her senior debut on 12 May 2019 in a 0–3 friendly loss to the United States. On 9 November 2020, Holweni scored five goals in the team's 7–0 win over Comoros in Group A of the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship.[2] South Africa finished at the top of their group and advanced to the knockout stage.
Honours
[edit]South Africa
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results lis South Africa's goals tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 November 2020 | Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship |
2. | 9 November 2020 | ![]() |
1–0 | 7–0 | ||
3. | 2–0 | |||||
4. | 5–0 | |||||
5. | 6–0 | |||||
6. | 7–0 | |||||
7. | 12 November 2020 | ![]() |
5–1 | 6–2 | ||
8. | 14 November 2020 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | ||
9. | 4 October 2021 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship | |
10. | 3–1 | |||||
11. | 7 October 2021 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–3 | ||
12. | 2–2 | |||||
13. | 9 October 2021 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 (3–4 p) | ||
14. | 26 October 2021 | Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sibulele Holweni at Soccerway
- ^ "Holweni produces five-star performance as Banyana crush Comoros in 7-0 rout". Sunday Times. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Sibulele Holweni at FBref.com
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gqeberha
- Soccer players from the Eastern Cape
- South African women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- South African women's soccer biography stubs