Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mapula Nomvula Kgoale | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] [2] | 20 November 1995|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zebediela, South Africa [1] | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender, [3] midfielder [4] | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | TS Galaxy Queens | |||||||||||||
Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Tuks Sports High School | ||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2014 | Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||
2015 | Tyler Apaches | |||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters | 54 | (10) | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
University of the Western Cape | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Cacereño | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2022 | CD Parquesol | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
2023– | TS Galaxy Queens | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2010 | South Africa U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
South Africa U20 | ||||||||||||||
2019– | South Africa | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 May 2019 |
Mapula Nomvula "Nomi" Kgoale (born 20 November 1995) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team.
Kgoale attended the Lindsey Wilson College, the Tyler Junior College and the Louisiana Tech University, both in the United States.
Kgoale represented South Africa at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [5] She made her senior debut on 12 May 2019 in a 0–3 friendly loss to the United States.
Kgoale previously played for Spanish club CD Parquesol. She currently plays for TS Galaxy Queens. [6]
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