Lerato Kgasago

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Lerato Kgasago
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-09-21) 21 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Soweto Gauteng, South Africa
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 ÍBV
2013–2025 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
International career
2009–2010 South Africa (13)
2009–2025 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lerato Kgasago (born 21 September 1991) is a former South African soccer player who played as a midfielder.

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Kgasago was the 2015 Sasol League National Championship Diski Queen of the Tournament.

Club career

IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Women)

In 2010, she signed a three-year contract with Úrvalsdeild kvenna side IBV Vestmannaeyjar. [1] They won the 1. deild kvenna in her maiden season. [2]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

In 2013, she joined Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. She won the Diski Queen of the Tournament (player of the tournament) award at the 2015 Sasol League National Championship helping Sundowns to their second title. [3]

She was the 2021 and 2023 CAF Women's Champions League titles with the club. [4]

She made the best XI team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Champions League though her team were runners-up in the tournament. [5]

Outside Football

She was the team manager for the Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy till 2025.

International career

In 2009, Kgasago was part of the Basetsana team selected to take part in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers. [6] She scored in the 6–0 win over Zambia from a free-kick. [7]

She was one of three players called for the U/20 team in 2009 that had already made their Banyana Banyana debut. [8] She competed for the women's senior team at the 2015 African Games. [9]

Honours

Club

IBV Vestmannaeyjar (Women)

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Individual

Team manager

References

  1. ↑ "Trio of SA women sign up with Iceland club". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Þrjár Suður Afriskar stúlkur ganga til liðs við IBV". ibvsport.is. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sasol national champs end on high note - SAFA.net". 14 December 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "lerato-kgasago-wining-this-title-is-all-we-think-about". lerato-kgasago-wining-this-title-is-all-we-think-about. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Writer, FARPost (15 August 2022). "Sundowns' outstanding four players in COSAFA qualifiers". FARPost. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ↑ KickOff. "Basetsana squad called to camp". KickOff. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Basetsana down Zambia". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Basetsana to face Botswana". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ↑ SAFA (10 April 2015). "Banyana Banyana Qualify for 2015 All Africa Games". gsport4girls. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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