Desiree Ellis (born 14 March 1963) is a South African soccer manager and former player. She currently coaches the South Africa women's national team. As a player, Ellis played club soccer for 24 years with South African, Irish, and English club teams, primarily playing as a midfielder. Her longest club spell was for Spurs Ladies, with whom she played for 11 total years. Internationally, she represented and was a founding member of the South Africa women's national team, which officially formed in 1993 following SAFA's admission to FIFA in 1992. At 30 years old, she debuted for South Africa as vice captain of the team's first-ever official match, a 13-0 win against Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Ellis continued to play soccer for the next 9 years, retiring in 2002 at the age of 39. As coach of the South Africa women's national team since 2016, she coached Banyana Banyana to a runners-up finish at the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), qualifying them for their first ever Women's World Cup tournament, the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2022, she coached the team to their first ever WAFCON title, which also qualified them to their second Women's World Cup tournament. At the 2023 Women's World Cup, the team qualified to the knockout rounds of the tournament for the first time in their history, bowing out in the Round of 16 after facing the Netherlands. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches South Africa16/now WAFCON 185 Friendlies 194 Cyprus Cup 194 World Cup 193 Friendlies 224 WAFCON 22 6 Friendlies 232 CAF OLYQ 246 World Cup 234 WAFCON 241Ellis, D last games South Africa 07-Jul-25 home Ghana 2-0 in WAFCON Cristia. T Almeida Viera Stoica Opruț Dâlbea Romário Petrescu Yazalde Cordea Debeljuh (Jo, O) (Dumitr.) (Busu) 09-Apr-24 home Nigeria 0-0 in CAF OLYQ 05-Apr-24 away Nigeria 1-0 in CAF OLYQ games black=tourn incomplete --- Today Top Games --- Deportes La Serena - Santiago Wanderers New England Revolution - Inter Miami CF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Real Madrid PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - Dinamo Minsk Shelbourne - Linfield Steaua Bucureşti - Inter Club d'Escaldes --- Tomorrow Top Games --- St Patrick's Athletic - FC Hegelmann --- Recent games --- Ireland - Premier DivisionPeru - Liga 1Peru - Liga 2Peru - Liga 3------ - Africa Women Cup of Nations------ - Champions League Qualifying------ - Club World Cup------ - CONCACAF Gold Cup------ - Womens Euro select match 05-Jul --- Sligo 2:2 Shamrock select match 05-Jul --- C. Unidos 0:1 Ayacucho05-Jul --- Cienciano 1:1 S Cristal05-Jul --- Alian UDH 2:0 A Sullana05-Jul --- Ali. Lima 5:1 Binaciona06-Jul --- Sp. Boys 1:2 Cusco06-Jul --- Atl. Grau 2:0 Juan P II06-Jul --- Garcilaso 0:1 Universit select match 05-Jul --- ADA Jaén 1:1 Llacuabam05-Jul --- Cajamarca 3:0 Pirata05-Jul --- S. Marcos 0:1 Mannucci06-Jul --- Comercio 1:1 Dep. Moq.06-Jul --- Coopsol 2:0 USMP06-Jul --- Santos 2:0 Cantolao06-Jul --- EGB Tacna 2:1 Comerc FC select match 05-Jul --- J. Aurich 0:0 C. Stein05-Jul --- Volante 3:0 J Cautivo05-Jul --- Unión SD 5:1 CSD Bolo05-Jul --- Juven. SD 0:4 Estud CNI05-Jul --- Ucrania 1:1 C. Civil05-Jul --- Nuevo SC 3:0 UDA05-Jul --- Alto Rend 0:2 Melgar B05-Jul --- Patriotas 0:1 Arguedas06-Jul --- Huaral 2:1 Municipal06-Jul --- Ecosem 2:1 M Pangoa06-Jul --- Nacional 2:0 Cien/no B06-Jul --- Juv. Alfa 4:2 S Antonio08-Jul --- C. Civil 3:0 Rauker select match 05-Jul --- Morocco 2:2 Zambia06-Jul --- Senegal 4:0 DR Congo06-Jul --- Nigeria 3:0 Tunisia06-Jul --- Algeria 1:0 Botswana07-Jul --- S. Africa 2:0 Ghana07-Jul --- Mali 1:0 Tanzania select match 08-Jul --- KuPS 1:0 Milsami08-Jul --- Noah 1:0 Buducnost08-Jul --- Iberia 1:3 Malmö08-Jul --- Levadia 0:1 FK RFS08-Jul --- Olimpija 1:1 Kairat select match 05-Jul --- PSG 2:0 Bayern05-Jul --- R. Madrid 3:2 Dortmund select match 06-Jul --- USA 1:2 Mexico select match 05-Jul --- Wales 0:3 Nth lands05-Jul --- France 2:1 England06-Jul --- Norway 2:1 Finland06-Jul --- Switz 2:0 Iceland07-Jul --- Spain 6:2 Belgium07-Jul --- Portugal 1:1 Italy Stories Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games Taiwo Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest