Nonhlanhla Mthandi

Nonhlanhla Mthandi (also Nhlanhla; born 19 August 1995) is a South African professional soccer player and football freestyler who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team.

Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2015, Mthandi joined Sasol Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.

Alexandra Bluebirds In 2016, she left Sundowns Ladies and joined Sasol Women's League side Alexandra Bluebirds in order to get more game time. She scored on debut in an away match against Aqua Ladies.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies In 2021, she was part of the treble winning Sundowns Ladies team. She scored in the final of the inaugural COSAFA Women's Champions League as they won 3-0 against Black Rhino Queens from Zimbabwe. This win qualified them to the CAF Women's Champions League held in Cairo, Egypt. The team won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League. They completed the treble by defending their Hollywoodbets Super League title in December 2021.

In 2022, she starred in the clubs documentary Banyana ba Style: The First Queens of African Football. The film celebrates the journey of the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies players as they achieved the historic milestone of claiming the first ever CAF Women’s Champions League.

They were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. They won the Hollywoodbets Super League for the third consecutive year in November 2022.

In 2023, they won their second treble starting with the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League with Mthandi scoring twice in the tournament. They reclaimed their Champions League title when they won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League. They completed the treble with the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League title in December.

International career Mthandi competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were crowned champions. She was one of the scorers in the 7-0 crashing of Comoros at the tournament.

In 2022, she was part of the team that were runners-up to Zambia at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship.

She scored a brace in a 3–0 win over Malawi at Noko Matlou's final international game in April 2025. In 2026 she was part ot the team that finished as runners-up to Namibia in the 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 9 November 2020 Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi, South Africa 5–0 7–0 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship 2. 5 April 2025 UJ Soweto Stadium, Soweto, South Africa 1–0 3–0 Friendly 3. 3–0 4. 25 July 2025 Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco 1–0 1–1 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations 5. 2 December 2025 Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco 1–0 2–0 Friendly 6. 21 February 2026 Seshego Stadium, Seshego, South Africa 2–0 2–0 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship

Honours South Africa COSAFA Women's Championship: 2020; runner up: 2022, 2025 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies CAF Women's Champions League: 2021, 2023; runners-up: 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League: 2021, 2023; runners-up 2022 SAFA Women's League: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025