Hildah Magaia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hildah Tholakele Magaia | ||
Date of birth | 16 December 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Dennilton, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kansas City Current | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2016 | Tuks | ||
2017–2020 | TUT | ||
2021 | Morön | 22 | (12) |
2022–2023 | Sejong Sportstoto | 21 | (9) |
2024– | Mazatlán | 18 | (3) |
2024– | → Kansas City Current (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | South Africa | 30 | (20) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup) |
Hildah Tholakele Magaia (born 16 December 1994) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League, on loan from Liga MX Femenil club Mazatlán, and the South Africa women's national team.
She was added to the class of 2024 for the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list featuring uncovering some of the most influential and iconic young people on the continent.[1]
Club career
[edit]Magaia started her career with South African second-tier side Tuks Ladies.[2] For the 2017 season, Magaia signed for TUT Ladies, helping them to their only league title at the 2018 Sasol League National Championship.[3] She was named Diski Queen on the Tournament, player of the tournament, for the 2018 season.[4]
Magaia was voted the Best Player at the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship tournament, earning herself a 2-year deal with Swedish club Morön BK.[5][6][7]
Sejong Sportstoto
[edit]In 2022, she signed for Sejong Sportstoto in South Korea.[8]
Mazatlán
[edit]In January 2024, Magaia joined Mexican Liga MX Femenil club Mazatlán Femenil.[9]
Kansas City Current (loan)
[edit]On 21 August 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that they had signed Magaia on loan from Mazatlán for the remainder of the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season with the option to acquire her rights on a permanent basis at the conclusion of the loan.[10]
International career
[edit]Magaia represented South Africa at the 2019 Summer Universiade.[11]
Magaia was part of the Banyana Banyana squad that featured at the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Morocco. At the tourney, she scored a 63rd-minute winning goal in a 2–1 win Group C match against Nigeria's Super Falcons and also Scored 2 goals in the Final against Morocco to win the trophy for the South African Female National Team.[12]
On 23 July 2023, Magaia scored her first goal in a FIFA Women's World Cup competition in a 1–2 defeat to Sweden in the group stage.[13]
International goals
[edit]Honours
[edit]Club
TUT
South Africa
Individual
- Diski Queen of the Tournament: 2018[4]
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2022[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "MEET THE CLASS OF 2024: Passion, Purpose And A Decade Of The 30 Under 30 List". www.forbesafrica.com. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Patience paid off for Hildah Magaia". newframe.com. 19 February 2022.
- ^ "LADIES SOCCER RISING STAR". thevillagemag.co.za. 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "TUT Ladies crowned Sasol National League champs | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "SA Football Star Hildah Magaia Follows Her Dreams with Move to Sweden". 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Sasol League is like a mother to us – Hilda Magaia Banyana Banyana Striker". centralnews.co.za. 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Ska ersätta målmaskinen: "Tror jag har den nivån"". expressen.se. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Magaia continues to shine in South Korea". farpost.co.za. 26 April 2022.
- ^ Chávez, Isac (2 January 2024). "Llega la sudafricana Hildah Magaia al Mazatlán Femenil" [South African Hildah Magaia arrives at Mazatlán Femenil]. El Sol de Mazatlán (in Spanish).
- ^ "Kansas City Current signs South African forward Hildah Magaia on loan from Liga MX Femenil club Mazatlán". Kansas City Current. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Mesmeric Magaia ready to take on the world". fisu.net (Archived). Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "RECAP | Banyana Banyana kick-start Women's Afcon with victory over tournament favourites Nigeria".
- ^ Burnard, Lloyd (23 July 2023). "World Cup heartbreak for SA as last-minute Sweden goal sinks brave Banyana". News 24. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Magaia brace hands South Africa first TotalEnergies WAFCON trophy". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "South Africa sweep big at TotalEnergies WAFCON 2022 Awards". CAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Hildah Magaia at Soccerway
- Hildah Magaia at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Women's association football forwards
- Elitettan players
- Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- South Africa women's international soccer players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- South African expatriate women's soccer players
- South African women's soccer players
- WK League players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- South African women's soccer biography stubs
- Kansas City Current players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico