Desiree Ellis

**Desiree Ellis** OIG (an haife ta a ranar 14 ga Maris shekara ta 1963) manajan ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma tsohuwar  ƴar wasa . A halin yanzu tana horar da tawagar mata ta Afirka ta Kudu . Ita ce wacce ta kafa *Banyana Banyana* kuma kyaftin na biyu na tawagar kasar.   An ba ta lambar yabo ta hukumar kwallon kafar mata ta hukumar kwallon kafar Afirka a shekarar 2018 bayan da tawagarta ta kare a matsayi na biyu a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta mata da kuma samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata a karon farko.    A lokacin wasanta na kulob ɗin ta yi wasa a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya na Spurs Ladies a tsakanin sauran kungiyoyi. Ta samu karramawa da lashe gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta mata a shekarar 2022 bayan da Afrika ta Kudu ta dade tana samun nasara a wasan karshe.

A cikin Afrilu 2023, Gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta ba Ellis Odar Ikhamanga ta ƙasa saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga ƙwallon ƙafa. 

## Rayuwar farko
Ellis ya girma a Kogin Salt a cikin 1970s. Ta zauna a wurin kakarta bayan makaranta yayin da iyayenta biyu, mahaifinta Ernest, (wanda ya rasu 1989) da mahaifiyarta Natalie, suke aiki da rana. Babu kungiyoyin mata a wancan lokacin kuma tana buga kwallon kafa da yara maza da ’yan uwanta. Bayan ta gama makaranta sai ta sauke jakar makarantar ta, ta canza kaya sannan ta yi waje da abokan wasanta da ke jira. Mahaifinta ya kan yi mata barazanar cewa zai tura ta makaranta ba takalmi saboda ta lalata takalmanta yayin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.

## Aikin kulob
A ƙarshe Ellis ta sami wata ƙungiyar mata, (Athlone Celtic ita ce ƙungiyar farko da ta fara bugawa) Spurs Ladies yayin da take aiki a wani mahauci a Lansdowne tana haɗa kayan yaji. Ta taba barin garin tare da kulab a karshen mako, ta yi wa masu aikinta alkawarin cewa za ta dawo kan lokaci don aiki amma motar da tawagar ke tafiya a hanyarta ta lalace a hanyar gida, wanda ya sa ta kasa zuwa a kan lokaci. A sakamakon haka, an kori Ellis.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
Ellis ya je gwaji ne ga tawagar kasar kuma ya yi nasara kuma zai buga wasan farko na kasa da kasa. Ta yi karo da Swaziland tana da shekaru 30 a ranar 30 ga Mayu 1993 a ci 14-0. Ellis ya ci hat-trick, kamar yadda wasu 'yan wasa biyu suka yi.  A wasannin neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a shekarar 1995, Afirka ta Kudu ta doke Zimbabwe da Zambia da Angola da maki 10–1 da 11–5 da kuma 6–4 amma ta sha kashi a hannun Najeriya da ci 11–2.  Lokacin da Afirka ta Kudu ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin mata ta Afirka ta 2000, ta zama kyaftin din kungiyar zuwa matsayi na biyu. A cikin 2000, an zabi Ellis tare da Mercy Akide da Florence Omagbemi don 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka ta shekara .  An ba ta lambar yabo don hidimar ƙwallon ƙafa a wannan shekarar lokacin da ta sami lambar yabo ta Shugabancin Wasannin Silver. Ta kuma jagoranci Banyana Banyana zuwa nasarar cin Kofin COSAFA na 2002. A wasanni 32 da ta buga wa Afrika ta Kudu ta yi nasara a wasanni 23, ta yi rashin nasara a wasanni bakwai sannan ta yi canjaras biyu. Ta yi ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin Afrilun shekarar 2002 tana da shekaru 38.

## Aikin koyarwa
An nada Ellis kocin rikon kwarya a kungiyar kwallon kafar mata ta Afrika ta Kudu a shekarar 2016 bayan Vera Pauw ta yi murabus bayan fitar da kungiyar a matakin rukuni a gasar Olympics ta 2016.  An nada Ellis a matsayin koci a watan Fabrairun 2018  kuma ya jagoranci kungiyar, sannan ya zama na 50 a duniya, zuwa matsayi na biyu a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta mata, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Najeriya mai rike da kofin sau 11 a bugun fanariti a wasan karshe. ; amma duk da haka, ta kammala na biyu, Afirka ta Kudu ta cancanci zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata ta FIFA karo na farko a 2019 .  An ba ta lambar yabo ta Hukumar Kula da Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka a shekarar 2018, 2019  da 2022.  

Ellis ya horar da Banyana Banyana a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka na farko da suka yi a Morocco a 2022.  Ta kafa tarihi tare da Banyana Banyana ta doke Italiya kuma ta kai wasan karshe na goma sha shida a gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata ta FIFA ta 2023 .

A watan Satumbar 2023, ta lashe lambar yabo ta Momentum Coach of the Year a lambar yabo ta 18 na fitattun wasanni na mata a Afirka a Wanderers Club a Johannesburg.  A watan Disambar 2023, ta lashe kyautar Gwarzon Kocin Mata na CAF a karo na 4, saboda kokarin da tawagarta ta yi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2023.  Ellis ya taba lashe kyautar CAF a cikin 2022, 2019 da 2018.

Ta kasance matsayi na 7th a cikin IFFHS Women's World Best Coach ranking don 2023. 

## Waje kwallon kafa

### Gudanarwa
Ellis tana da ayyukan gudanarwa da yawa a lokacin wasanta na wasa. Ta kasance mataimakiyar shugabar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta mata ta lardin Yamma daga 1994 zuwa 1995 sannan ta zama PRO na kungiyar daga 1996 zuwa 1997. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Librarian a hukumar hoto, Touchline a 2001. 

### Mai jarida
Ana iya ganin Ellis a talabijin a matsayin mai sharhin ƙwallon ƙafa da kuma ƙwararren masanin gidan talabijin na gida e-TV. Ta kasance jakadiya ga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2010 .  Ta kuma yi aiki a Gallo Images a matsayin editan hoto. 

## Girmamawa

### Mai kunnawa
**Afirka ta Kudu**

* Gasar Mata ta COSAFA : 2002 
* Gasar cin kofin Afrika ta mata ta biyu: 2000 

**Mutum**

* Kyautar Nasarar Mobil ta Marubutan Wasanni na WP: 1980
* SAFA Mata Tsakanin Larduna: 1986, 1989, 1992
* Fitacciyar 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta mace Foschini Cape: 1989, 1993
* Gwarzon Dan Wasan WP: 1983, 1993
* Tauraron Wasannin Sanlam na Watan (Nuwamba): 2000
* Kyautar Zinare ta Musamman ta SAFA: 2001
* Kyautar Azurfa ta Shugaban Ƙasa: 2001 
* Mandisa Shiceka Role Model Award ta ANC Youth League: 2001

### Manager
**Afirka ta Kudu**

* Gasar cin kofin Afrika ta mata : 2022,  ta zo ta biyu: 2018 

* Gasar Cin Kofin Mata na COSAFA : 2018,   2019,  2020 
* Kofin Aisha Buhari : 2021 

**Mutum**

* Kyautar Kyautar Wazirin Wasanni: 2017 
* Hukumar Kwallon Kafar Mata ta Afirka ta Shekara: 2018, 2019, 2022 
* Kocin Na Shekara: 2023 
* IFFHS Mafi Kocin Mata na Duniya: Na 7

## Manazarta