Morwalela Seema

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Morwalela Seema
Personal information
Full name Morwalela Seema
Date of birth (1949-05-21) 21 May 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth Mahalapye, Botswana
Position Centre-forward
Youth career
1966–1968 Queens Park Rangers B
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1970 Queens Park Rangers
1970–1984 Township Rollers
Gaborone Club (Sunday league)
International career
1968–1976 Botswana XI (Non-CAF) (3+)
1976–1984 Botswana 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Morwalela Seema (born 21 May 1949) is a Motswana former footballer who played as a striker for Mahalapye-based club Queens Park Rangers, Township Rollers and the Botswana national football team. [1] [2] He retired from professional football in 1984 as one of the best Batswana to ever grace the game.

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Club career

Seema started to play football in primary school and joined the Queens Park Rangers development team in 1966. Two years later he was promoted to the first team. [1]

In 1970 he left Rangers for Township Rollers, [3] where he became part of the Township Rollers Golden Generation which won four successive league titles under Chibaso Kande. In 1984 he left Township Rollers to play Sunday football for Gaborone Club before eventually leaving football altogether. [1]

International career

He earned his first call-up to the Botswana national team, then known as Botswana XI, in 1968 and although his travel was rushed, due to having been called later than the other players, and he had no proper football boots, he greatly impressed.

He scored on his debut for Botswana XI during the 3–1 loss against Swaziland on 30 September 1968 (which was Botswana's second ever match), and he scored twice during the 4–3 victory against Swaziland on 30 September 1974. [2] Seema would go on to become a regular member of the Botswana XI squad, hailed by some as the best incarnation of the Botswana national team.

Botswana's first match as a CAF member — and its first official international match — was the 3–2 loss against Zambia on 30 August 1976 in which Seema scored one of Botswana's two goals. [2]

Career statistics

International

Only includes known statistics from 1976 onwards. Matches played prior to August 1976 are recorded as appearances for Botswana XI, as they took place before Botswana became a CAF member. [4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Botswana XI (pre-CAF)19681+1+
19741+2+
197620
Botswana 197611
197730
197820
1979—
1980—
198120
198210
1983—
198410
Total14+3+
Scores and results listBotswana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seema goal.
List of international goals scored by Morwalela Seema
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.30 August 1976Unknown3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia ?2–3 Friendly [1]

Honours

Club

Township Rollers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The legend that is Morwalela 'Pro' Seema". The Sunday Standard. Gaborone. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zebras 50-year transformation". Botswana Daily News. Gaborone: Knowledge Bylanes. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2020. On the score-sheet were legendries in Township Rollers captain, Clement 'Muller' Mothelesi, Morwalela 'Pro' Seema, also from Rollers, and Willie 'Paymaster' Dennison from Notwane
  3. ↑ "Morwalela 'Pro' Seema". National Football Teams.
  4. ↑ "Botswana - List of International Matches". RSSSF.
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