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.
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Full name | Sibulele Cecilia Holweni[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 21)[1] | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
University of Western Cape | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2018 | South Africa U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
2019– | South Africa | 21 | (16) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 February 2022 |
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.
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