Amanda Dlamini

Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini (born 22 July 1988) is a former South African soccer player who is currently a soccer analyst and football administrator. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 (as the captain) and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Dlamini won her maiden national title with JVW in 2019. In 2024 she became the first woman to commentate a match at the Africa Cup of Nations when she commentated on the Morocco vs Tanzania match. She was appointed a CAF ambassador in October 2025.

Early career Dlamini was born in Harding in KwaZulu Natal. She started playing soccer in 1999 for a boys' team, Young Callies.

Club career At a club level, Dlamini has played for Durban Ladies and the UJ Ladies. She was part of the UJ Ladies team that won the inaugural Varsity Women's Football Cup in 2013 with Dlamini scoring from aset piece in a 6–0 win against TUT Ladies.

Dlamini played for JVW FC and was part of the team that won the 2019 Sasol League Championship.

International career She made her debut for the senior national team in 2007 in a 5–0 loss to Nigeria in an Olympic qualifier. She scored her first international goal against Netherlands.

She retired from international football in January 2018.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 10 August 2008 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 1–1 1–2 Friendly 2. 11 November 2010 Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa 1–3 1–3 2010 African Women's Championship 3. 14 November 2010 2–0 2–0 4. 3 July 2011 Gwanzura, Harare, Zimbabwe 1–0 4–0 2011 COSAFA Women's Championship 5. 6 July 2011 2–1 5–1 6. 3–1 7. 28 February 2012 Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus 1–0 1–2 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup 8. 18 October 2014 Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 1–0 5–1 2014 African Women's Championship 9. 11 April 2015 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 3–0 5–0 2015 African Games qualification 10. 31 May 2015 2–0 5–0 2015 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

Personal life In 2012, she founded the Amanda Dlamini Girls Foundation aiming to provide basic help to girls in rural areas.

Outside Football Media

She is currently a soccer analyst at South African sports broadcaster Supersport. In 2024 she became the first woman to commentate a match at the Africa Cup of Nations. Her first match being the Morocco vs Tanzania match at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Administration

In July 2021, she was appointed as the Senior Commercial and Marketing Manager of the South African Football Association (SAFA)

Honours South Africa

African Women's Championship runners up: 2012 third place: 2010

University of Johannesburg

Women's Varsity Football: 2013

JVW

Sasol League National Championship: 2019