Nthabeleng Modiko
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File:Nthabeleng Modiko.jpg Modiko at the UJ Soweto Stadium in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacinta Rethabile Nthabeleng Modiko | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Kroonstad | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
UJ Ladies F.C. (head coach) South Africa U/17 (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| University of the Free State | |||
| Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | |||
| 2008- | University of Johannesburg | ||
| International career | |||
| South Africa | 30 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017-2021 | University of the Witwatersrand | ||
| 2022- | University of Johannesburg | ||
| 2024- | South Africa U/17 | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jacinta Rethabile Nthabeleng Modiko (born 20 July 1986) is a South African professional soccer manager and former player. She is the current head coach of UJ Ladies. She's a former Banyana Banyana captain.
International career
[edit | edit source]Modiko captained the South African women's national team at the 2010 African Women's Championship where they won a bronze medal.[1]
Managerial career
[edit | edit source]In 2017, she was appointed the coach of the University of the Witwatersrand women's team Wits Ladies[2] In 2019, she made her Sasol Women's League debut with the team and guided them to a top five finish. She also lead the university of a third spot finish at the 2019 USSA finals and qualified them for the Women's Varsity Football for the first time.[3] In her final season with the team, in 2021, she finished third in the league.[4]
In 2022, she was announced as the UJ Ladies team's assistant coach.[1] In August 2022, she took over as head coach.[5]
In 2024, she took over the South Africa women's national under-17 team as head coach for the second round qualifiers for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers.[6] The side lost 3-0 on aggregate to Ethiopia and exited the qualifiers.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- African Women's Championship: third place: 2010
- USSA: Third: 2019
References
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- Living people
- South African soccer managers
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- University of Johannesburg alumni
- Female association football managers
- Women's association football managers
- 1986 births
- Women's sports coaches
- South African women's soccer players
- 21st-century South African sportswomen