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 27)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Number 2
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015-2020 North West University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021-2022 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
2023 University of Pretoria
2024- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillistus Asa Rabalao (born 17 December 1996) is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns.

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Rabalao was named in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League Group Stage Best XI. [1]

College career

Rabalao played for the North West University as a student-athlete. [2]

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. [3] 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. [4]

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. [5]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

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

Honours

Individual

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