the 2000 African Women's Championship, she captained the side to a runner-up finish. In 2000, Ellis was nominated alongside Mercy Akide and Florence Omagbemi for African Woman Footballer of the Year. She was recognized for her services to soccer the same year when she received a Silver Presidential Sports Award. She also led Banyana Banyana to the 2002 COSAFA Cup victory. In her 32 caps for South Africa she won 23 matches, lost seven and drew two. She retired from soccer in April 2002 at the age of 38. Post retirement career Ellis can be seen on TV as a soccer commentator and a pundit on local television station e-TV. She was an ambassador for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. She also worked at Gallo Images as a picture editor. Coaching career Ellis was appointed interim manager of the South Africa women's national football team in 2016 after Vera Pauw resigned following the team's group stage exit at the 2016 Olympics. Ellis was appointed head coach in February 2018 and coached the team, then ranked 50th in the world, to a second-place finish in the Africa Women Cup of Nations, losing to 11-time champions Nigeria on penalty kicks in the final; nonetheless, by finishing second, South Africa qualified to its first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019. She was awarded Confederation of African Football Women's Coach of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2022. Ellis coached Banyana Banyana to their maiden Africa Cup of Nations victory in Morocco in 2022. Honours Player South Africa COSAFA Women's Championship: 2002 Women's Africa Cup of Nations runners-up: 2000 Individual Mobil Achievement Award by WP Sportswriters: 1980 SAFA Women's Inter-provincials: 1986, 1989, 1992 Foschini Cape Woman Football Player of the Year: 1989, 1993 WP Player of the Year: 1983, 1993 Sanlam Sports Star of the Month (November): 2000 SAFA Special Recognition Gold Award: 2001 Presidential Sports Silver Award: 2001 Mandisa Shiceka Role Model Award by ANC Youth League: 2001 Manager South Africa COSAFA Women's Championship: 2018, 2019, 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2022, runners-up: 2018 Aisha Buhari Cup: 2021 Individual Sports Minster's Excellence Award: 2017 Confederation of African Football Women's Coach of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2022 References Living people 1963 births Women's association football midfielders South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players South African expatriate soccer players South Africa women's national soccer team managers Soccer players from Cape