Tsotleho "Sunny" Jane is a Mosotho footballer who currently plays as a forward.
16 Facts About Sunny Jane
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Sunny Jane 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.
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From 2010 to 2013, Sunny Jane played college soccer for the Terrapins of the University of Maryland.
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At the time, it was strongly believed that Sunny 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 Sunny Jane.
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However, Sunny Jane never appeared on the roster for the season and did not make any appearances for the club.
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In total, Sunny Jane scored five goals and tallied three assists in 17 appearances during his first professional season, one that included a late-season playoff push.
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Sunny Jane moved to USL side Richmond Kickers on January 7,2016.
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Sunny Jane remained with the club through the 2017 season, scoring seven total league goals in 49 appearances.
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On 8 February 2018 it was announced that Sunny Jane had signed for Phnom Penh Crown of the Cambodian League.
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On 10 December 2018, it was announced Sunny Jane would join USL Championship side Louisville City ahead of their 2019 season.
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In November 2020 it was announced that Sunny Jane had signed for Bantu FC in the Premier League in his native Lesotho.
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Sunny Jane had been called up to play for the U-20 and senior national team.
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However, Sunny Jane stated that he was waiting to make a decision on the future of his international career until after gaining United States citizenship and attempting to earn a call-up to the United States national team.
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Sunny Jane started the match and played 60 minutes in the victory which saw Lesotho advanced to the second round of qualifying for the first time in history.
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In July and August 2014, Sunny Jane was called up again for home-and-away qualifiers against Kenya.
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In May 2015, Sunny Jane was called up to the Lesotho squad again to take part in the 2015 COSAFA Cup.