10 Things You Didn’t Know About Janine Van Wyk.

1. Van Wyk was born in Alberton, Gauteng . She grew up in Germiston and she started playing soccer at the age of 6.

2. She attended Hoërskool Alberton, an Afrikaans medium school that did not play soccer.

3. Her first girls team was Springs Home Sweepers based in KwaThema.

4. A few years later, she joined Mamelodi Sundowns and later, Palace Super Falcons from Tembisa , where she was part of a team that won three consecutive league titles.

5. Fans of football have nicknamed her “Booth”.

6. December 21, 2016 she signed with the Houston Dash .

7. Van Wyk made her national team debut in 2005 against Nigeria in the African Women’s Championship .

8. She was a member of the South African team who played at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

9. On 28 March 2016, she became South Africa’s most capped player (male or female) when she made her 125th appearance against Cameroon.

10. She was born April 17, 1987.

By Jimmy Modise.