Mpumi Nyandeni
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nompumelelo Nyandeni | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | JVW | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| WFC Rossiyanka | |||
| -2022 | JVW FC | (55) | |
| 2023-2024 | TS Galaxy Queens | 60 | (7) |
| 2024- | JVW FC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2025 | South Africa | 150 | (39) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2025 | |||
Nompumelelo "Mpumi" Nyandeni (born 19 August 1987) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League side JVW.
Nyandeni has represented the South Africa women's national football team 150 times, including at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the third most capped player for the national team.
In 2010, she took part in a FIFA campaign for improving health through recreational football together with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Didier Drogba.
She captained JVW to the national championship in 2019.
In 2022 she was named the South African Football Journalists' Association (Safja) women's footballer of the year.