Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriela de Jesus Thomas Salgado | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | JvW | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
JvW | |||
International career‡ | |||
2022– | South Africa | 17 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:45, 17 July 2022 (UTC) |
Gabriela de Jesus Thomas Salgado (born 20 February 1998) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club JvW and the South Africa women's national team.
Salgado was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng to a father of Portuguese descent and a mother of Lebanese descent. [1]
The first known game Salgado played in for the South African national team was in a 3-0 friendly loss against Zambia on 12 February 2022. [2] She had already been called up for the team on 22 January 2017, but was not used here against France. [3]
On 23 June 2023, Salgado was added to the final squad at the 2023 World Cup. [4]
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