Rachel Sebati

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Rachel Sebati
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Rachel Sebati of Fatih Vatan Spor (May 2022)
Personal information
Full name Rachel Raesetja Sebati
Date of birth (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Limpopo, South Africa
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fatih Vatan Spor
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Mphahlele Ladies
TUT Ladies
2019 Minsk 1 (0)
2019–2020 ALG Spor 11 (1)
2020– Fatih Vatan Spor 40 (2)
International career
2010 South Africa U-17 3 (0)
2017 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023

Rachel Raesetja Sebati (born 3 February 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fatih Vatan Spor. She has represented South Africa at under-17 and senior levels. [1]

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Early life

Sebati was born in Limpopo, [2] South Africa on 3 February 1993. [3] [1]

Club career

Sebati was a member of Mphahlele Ladies FC in her country. [4] Later, she played for TUT Ladies, [1] and captained the team. [5]

Nadia Kroll, the assistant coach of TUT Ladies, offered Sebati and her teammate Letago Madiba to play in Belarus. She had to decide within three days as the Belarusian club was in preparation for a major European tournament. [6] She moved to Belarus in July 2019, and signed with ZFK Minsk two weeks before their participation at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. [1] [7] [8] She appeared in two matches in August 2019 for the Belarusian team at Group 4 of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. [9] [10] [11]

End October 2019, Sebati went to Turkey, arranged by her manager Kroll, and joined ALG Spor, [2] [5] [12] [13] a club in Gaziantep, which would play the second season in the Women's First League after their promotion. [14] She scored one goal in eleven matches of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season. [3] The 2019–20 league season was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. [15] [16] However, her team was named by the Turkish Football Federation to represent Turkey at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League as the top-ranking team when the league was stopped. [14] [16]

In the [[2020-21 Turk sh Women's Football League|2020–21 Turkish Women's League]] season, she transferred to Fatih Vatan Spor. [17]

International career

Sebati played as captain of her national team South Africa girls' U-17 in all three matches of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup – Group B. [4] [18] [19] [20] She captained the national U-17 team at the competition.

Sebati was part of the South Africa women's national team, nicknamed "Banyana Banyana", and a regular member in 2017. [8] She played at the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship – Group C matches. [8] [21]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 20232
ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ALG Spor 2019–20 First League111––00111
Total111––00111
Fatih Vatan Spor 2020–21 First League62––0062
2021–22 Super League 220––00220
2022–23 Super League 120––00120
Total402––00402

Honours

Turkish Women's First League
Fatih Vatan Spor
Runners-up (1): 2020–21

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