Asa Rabalao

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Asa Rabalao
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Rabalao in 2024
Personal information
Full name Phillistus Asa Rabalao
Date of birth (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 28)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy (youth coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2020 North West University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
2023 University of Pretoria
2024–2025 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Managerial career
2025– Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy (youth coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillistus Asa Rabalao (born 17 December 1996) is a South African former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. She is currently a youth coach for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy. [1]

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Rabalao was named in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League Group Stage Best XI. [2]

College career

Rabalao played for the North West University as a student-athlete. [3]

Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Rabalao played the first two matches at the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League for Sundowns Ladies keeping two clean sheets against Vihiga Queens and Rivers Angels. [4] She was named in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League Group Stage Best XI. Andile Dlamini played the rest of the matches at the tournament. The side won the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League without conceding a single goal. [5]

University of Pretoria

In March 2023, she was unveiled as one of three new players from Sundowns Ladies for Tuks Ladies for the 2023 season. [6]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She returned to Sundowns for the 2024 season but stayed on the sidelines nursing an injury.

Coaching career

Rabalao was officially unveiled as the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy youth coach in July 2025.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Veteran Sundowns Ladies goalkeeper Asa Rabalao joins club academy as a coach | soccer". SABC. 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  2. "totalenergies-caf-women-s-champions-league-best-xi-of-the-group-stage". totalenergies-caf-women-s-champions-league-best-xi-of-the-group-stage. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  3. SAFA (2015-05-19). "Pauw Selects Strong Squad for Olympic Qualifier". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  4. "phillistus-asa-rabalao-it-feels-like-a-dream-coming-true". phillistus-asa-rabalao-it-feels-like-a-dream-coming-true. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  5. "remember-the-name-mamelodi-sundowns-becomes-the-first-ever-wcl-champions". remember-the-name-mamelodi-sundowns-becomes-the-first-ever-wcl-champions. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  6. Mollo, Tlotlisang (2023-03-05). "AmaTuks bolster squad with former Sundowns trio". FARPost. Retrieved 2024-12-11.