Lelona Daweti

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Lelona Daweti
Personal information
Full name Lelona Daweti
Date of birth 8 September 1999
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 21
Youth career
2017-2021 Cape Town Roses
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022- Mamelodi Sundowns
International career
2017 South Africa U20
2022- South Africa
Medal record
CAF Women's Champions League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Morocco


COSAFA Women's Champions League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 South Africa
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 South Africa


Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
COSAFA Women's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lelona "Kokota Lelo" Daweti (born 8 September 1999) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South African women's national team. [1]

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Club career

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

She joined SAFA Women's League side Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and was part of the team that were runner's up for the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League and the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League [2] [3]

She was added to the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Best XI. [4] Later in the year she won the SAFA Women's League title with Sundowns. [5]

In 2023, she was part of the team that won the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League. Daweti was joint top scorer at the tournament with 3 goals. [6] She suffered an injury that ruled her out for the reminder of the season.

International career

In 2017, she was selected in the Basetsana squad for the U/20 World Cup Qualifiers. [7] [8]

In 2022, Daweti competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship where they were runner's up to Zambia.

Honours

Club

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

South Africa

Individual

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References

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  7. Oriaku, Peter (23 January 2018). "South Africa's Daweti Confident Basetsana Will Beat Falconets On Aggregate For U-20 W/Cup Ticket". Complete Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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