Leandra Smeda

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Leandra Smeda
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Smeda in 2025
Personal information
Full name Leandra Wiloma Smeda
Date of birth (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Velddrif, South Africa
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 TS Galaxy Queens
Number 22
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Ambassadors Ladies
2011–2012 Cape Town Roses
2013–2017 University of the Western Cape 0 (0)
2018 Gintra Universitetas 2 (1)
2019 Vittsjö GIK 10 (0)
2020 Famalicão 3 (0)
2021 University of Western Cape
2022 Dux Logroño 25 (0)
2023–2024 RCD Espanyol 3 (0)
2025– TS Galaxy Queens 28 (22)
International career
2012– South Africa 100 (22)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2020

Leandra Wiloma Smeda (pronounced Schmeda; born 22 July 1989) is a South African soccer player who plays as a winger for TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team.

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On 10 November 2019, Smeda played her 100th match for South Africa against Japan. [1] She was the 2025 SAFA Women's League player of the season and top scorer. [2]

Career

Smeda played for UWC Ladies in the Western Cape Sasol League before leaving the university in 2017. [3]

In 2018 she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra. [4]

In 2019 she joined Damallsvenskan side Vittsjö GIK. [5]

In 2020 she joined Campeonato Nacional Feminino side F.C. Famalicão. [6]

TS Galaxy Queens

She joined SAFA Women's League side TS Galaxy Queens at the start of the 2025 season. [7] Smeda was voted the player of the season at the 2025 SAFA Women's League awards and was also the top goal scorer scoring 22 goals in 28 appearances in her debut season for the club. [2]

International career

Smeda capped 100 times for the South Africa women's national team. [8] Her 100th match was against Japan. She played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup when the women's national team made their world cup debut. [9]

Honours

TS Galaxy Queens

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Two errors cost Banyana Banyana against Japan". safa.net. 10 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Leandra Smeda honoured as 2025 HWBSL Player of the Season | soccer". SABC. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  3. ↑ webportal@uwc.ac.za. "Boosting Banyana: UWC a bedrock of women's football". www.uwc.ac.za. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  4. ↑ A17 (25 August 2018). "Living Her Life: Banyana Banyana Midfielder Leandra Smeda in Lithuania". gsport4girls. Retrieved 20 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "South Africa women's star Leandra Smeda moves to Sweden". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Abrahams, Celine (24 November 2020). "Leandra Smeda Joins Portuguese Giants Famalicao". gsport4girls. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "WATCH: Huge signing by TS Galaxy as World Cup star and ex-AC Milan midfielder joins the Rockets after successful spell in Italian Serie A | Goal.com South Africa". www.goal.com. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ↑ A17 (25 August 2018). "Living Her Life: Banyana Banyana Midfielder Leandra Smeda in Lithuania". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ SAFA (16 May 2019). "Coach Ellis Names Banyana Banyana Squad for 2019 FIFA World Cup". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2 February 2026.


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