Karabo Angel âÂÂCreamâ Dhlamini (born 18 September 2001) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
She was named in the group stage best XI at the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League. She won the inaugural defender of the season award at the 2025 SAFA Women's League awards awards.
In 2021, she was a student at Oakland University, representing Oakland Golden Grizzlies women's soccer on a scholarship.
In 2023, she joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
She was part of the squad that won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League, the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League and the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League titles. She was named in the group stage best XI at the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League. She was named the defender of the season at the 2025 SAFA Women's League awards.
Dhlamini represented South Africa at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay where she was named as captain of the team. She made her senior debut on 19 January 2019 in a 1âÂÂ2 friendly loss to the Netherlands at the age of 17 before going on to be called as the youngest member of South Africa's squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
At the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship, Dhlamini earned her first medal with the senior national team as South Africa emerged as champions. She made four appearances during the tournament, starting throughout the knockout rounds. It was during this competition that Dhlamini scored her first senior international goal during a 2-0 win over Angola.
In July 2022, Dhlamini was a member of the South Africa squad which emerged victorious at the 2022 Africa Women's Cup of Nations and made five appearances at the competition.
South Africa
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Individual