The first African footballer to have scored over a century of international goals is hanging up her boots.
|||Johannesburg - Banyana Banyana striker Portia Modise announced her retirement for professional football on Tuesday at Safa house.
The 31-year-old who made her debut for the national team back in 2000, was the first African footballer to have scored over a century of goals with her tally of 102 in her 117 appearances for Banyana.
Safa president Danny Jordaan said Modise would continue to assist the national team as a guide other players, and the footballing body will in turn oversee that she becomes a qualified coach.
Modise was named South African Sports Star of the Year last year, beating out a number of popular male counterparts to the prized award.
The forward represented Banyana at the 2012 London Olympics and has played club football abroad in Denmark.
In 2005, Modise was one of the nominees for Women’s Fifa World Player of the Year.
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