Boitumelo Rabale

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Boitumelo Rabale
Personal information
Full name Boitumelo Joyce Rabale [1]
Date of birth (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 (age 27) [1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward [2]
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 10
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 LCCC Trailblazers
2020 CBU Capers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Likhosatsana
2016–2017 Bloemfontein Celtic
2021 Mamelodi Sundowns (19)
International career
Lesotho
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boitumelo Joyce Rabale (born 5 August 1996) is a Mosotho professional footballer who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the Lesotho women's national team.

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Early life

Rabale was raised in Maseru. [2]

Club career

In 2015, Rabale won the inaugural Lesotho Women's Super League with Likhosatsana. [3]

In 2016 and 2017, Rabale captained Bloemfontein Celtic and led the club to win the league. [3]

In April 2017, Rabale won Lesotho's Sports Star of the Year award. [4]

She won the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns and was named player of the tournament. [5]

College career

Rabale left Bloemfontein Celtic was awarded a Kick4Life Student-Athlete Scholarship where she moved to Lewis and Clark Community College. [6] In January 2020, she was named the National Junior College Women's Soccer Player of the Year following her 2019 season with the LCCC Trailblazers, in which she was the league's top goalscorer with 57 goals and placed third with her team in the NJCAA Division National Tournament. [3] [7]

International career

Rabale capped for Lesotho at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification. [8]

Honours

Club

Individual

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References

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