Sunny Jane
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tsotleho Paul Jane | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Lesotho | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Richmond Kickers | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Maryland Terrapins | 89 | (8) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 42 | (7) |
| 2016– | Richmond Kickers | 25 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Lesotho | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:51, 15 October 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:52, 15 July 2016 (UTC) |
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Tsotleho "Sunny" Jane is a Mosotho footballer who currently plays as a forward for Richmond Kickers of the USL and the Lesotho national team.
Jane was born in Lesotho and began playing soccer at age 4 watching his brother Jane Jane, a member of the Lesotho national football team. He moved to the United States with a host family in Kentucky to pursue a professional soccer career at age 13 after making contact with Thabane Sutu, a former goalkeeper for the Lesotho national team, who was coaching at United 1996 in Louisville.
While living in Kentucky, Jane played for United 1996 FC in Louisville while earning All-State honors at Trinity High School.
From 2010-2013, Jane played college soccer for the Terrapins of the University of Maryland. His performance in the offense at Maryland, including appearances in every match during the 2012 and 2013 seasons and eight goals and 19 assists in four seasons, led to him being named the No. 10-rated recruit in the nation. At the time, it was strongly believed that Jane was one of only two Lesotho-born players to be playing college soccer in the United States, the other being Lepe Seetane who played for the Northwestern Wildcats and came to the United States and lived with the same host family as Jane.
It was announced on 26 January 2011 that Jane was signed as one of the first 15 players to join the River City Rovers of the Premier Development League for their inaugural season in 2011. However, Jane never appeared on the roster for the season and did not make any appearances for the club.
Following the 2013 season at Maryland, Jane was invited to participate in the MLS Combine in hopes of impressing Major League Soccer scouts and being selected in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. However, he was not selected during the draft. After not being selected by an MLS club, it was announced on 24 February 2014 that Jane had signed a professional contract with Wilmington Hammerheads FC of the USL Pro, the third level of the United States soccer pyramid, for the 2014 season. After missing the Hammerheads' first two games of the season due to a lengthy international clearance process, Jane made his professional debut on 26 April 2014 in a league match against the Charlotte Eagles. Jane entered the match in the 60th-minute with Wilmington trailing 0-2. Although he did not score, Jane set up several chances and narrowly missed one of his own. About Jane's debut, head coach David Irving said, “I thought Sunny Jane did well when he came on...I thought he gave us a little breath of fresh air...” In May 2014 Jane scored a hat trick against the United States Under-20 national team when it played the Hammerheads as part of a training camp in North Carolina to prepare for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification.
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