Kgaogelo Sekgota

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Kgaogelo Sekgota
Personal information
Full name Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota
Date of birth (1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Seshego, South Africa [1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Stellenbosch
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2017 Polokwane United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Stumbras 30 (2)
2019–2020 Vitória 7 (0)
2020– Bidvest Wits 12 (0)
2020–2021 Moroka Swallows 24 (3)
2021–2023 Kaizer Chiefs 42 (0)
2023– Stellenbosch 5 (0)
International career
2019– South Africa 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2023

Kgaogelo Rathete Sekgota (born 22 June 1997), [2] nicknamed Kigi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for Stellenbosch F.C. [3]

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Club career

Sekgota is a youth product of the academy of Polokwane United, having joined in 2012. [4] Sekgota began his senior career with the Lithuanian club Stumbras in 2017, and moved to Vitória in January 2019. [5] Sekgota made his professional debut for Vitória in a 2-0 Primeira Liga loss to FC Porto on 16 February 2019.

Sekgota returned to South Africa and joined Bidvest Wits on 17 January 2020. [6] He was announced as new Kaizer Chiefs player following the upliftment of the team transfer ban on 9 July 2021. [7]

Kaizer Chiefs confirmed the release on Kgaogelo on 1 August 2023 to Stellenbosch FC. [8]

International

He made his South Africa national football team debut on 4 June 2019, in a 2019 COSAFA Cup plate semi-final against Uganda, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Kamohelo Mahlatsi. [9]

Honours

Stumbras

Individual

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References

  1. Kgaogelo Sekgota at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Kgaogelo Sekgota (@bmcabanasf)". Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. Kohler, Lorenz (1 August 2023). "Sekgota Lands New Club After Chiefs Exit". iDiski Times. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. "Local soccer player signs with top Lithuanian team". Polokwane Observer. 30 March 2017.
  5. www.realnet.co.uk (22 October 2018). "Stumbras' Kgaogelo Sekgota joining Kermit Erasmus at Portuguese club Vitoria Setubal". Kick Off.
  6. Wits sign winger from Portugal, kickoff.com, 18 January 2020
  7. "Kgaogelo Sekgota". Kaizer Chiefs. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. "https://twitter.com/KaizerChiefs/status/1686381529952624641/photo/1". Twitter. Retrieved 1 August 2023.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. "South Africa v Uganda game report". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 4 June 2019.
  10. "Veržlusis "Stumbro" afrikietis – geriausias jaunas žaidėjas gegužę" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.